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A flyby grab after some idiot disturbed roosting ducks at the river mouth...distant shot but nice to see...some Eider bokeh at the back...Musselburgh
Fortune has smiled on me once more by letting me capture a Ruddy Duck in breeding plumage - a duck I think Walt Disney must have had a hand in creating, given the gorgeous and distinctive colors this drake wears while breeding!
I captured this drake while visiting Guajome Lake Regional Park. While surveying the numerous coots and other birds responding to being fed, I spied this drake and a couple of females doing their courtship nearby.
Taken 15 February 2018 at Guajome Lake Regional Park.
There were several American Wigeons in the pond during my visit to this park in Oregon. This handsome drake with that gorgeous green iridescence gave me a nice profile as it swam by.
I was playing with low perspective with my new Canon R5. I can see how that fold out screen is going to help me a lot!
Taken 2 April 2021 at Alton Baker Park, Eugene, Oregon
They have a lovely gentle expression. Pittenwwem harbour is a great place for them during winter and early spring before they all go off to breed
There were four cygnets with two parents in the pond. This little one appears to swim up to mom with a look of love ;)
Taken 24 June 2022 near Wasilla, Alaska.
Tadorne casarca (Tadorna ferruginea)
Les mĂąles sont reconnaissable Ă leurs colliers noir.
Ce matin du 12 janvier une colonie de 30 Tadornes casarca sont de passage à la réserve.
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Large duck with a sleek body and thin red bill. Breeding males have a dark green head and mostly white body with peachy blush on underparts. Females and immature males have rusty brown head and gray bodies with a cleanly demarcated white throat. Feeds in rivers, lakes, and large ponds by diving to catch fish. Hardy in winter, often staying as far north as open water permits. (eBird)
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We are in the sweet spot for these pretty ducks as they both breed and over-winter in and around Ottawa. This female was swimming alone along the river, which is surprising because they are usually found in pairs or small groups.
Britannia Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2024.
This waterbird can be found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Once found widespread in southern Australia but later disappeared largely due to the drainage of the wetlands where they once bred. Magpie Geese will nest on the ground or in trees with some males mating with two females which can be beneficial for the chicks as when predation is high more chicks are likely survive.
âą White-faced Tree-Duck
âą Pato cara blanca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Subfamily:Dendrocygninae
Genus:Dendrocygna
Species:D. viduata
Boca del Cufré, San José, Uruguay
Male Goosanders (or Common Mergansers) are at their absolute best at this time of the year. In lovely fresh plumage with their bottle green heads and their salmon-pink undersides they look so immaculate
Pato-do-mato (Nome comum)
Muscovy Duck (Nome em inglĂȘs)
Cairina moschata (Nome em InglĂȘs)
Anatidae (FamĂlia)
Anseriformes (Ordem)
FREE BIRDS
Pousada dos pireneus
PirenĂłpolis
GoiĂĄs, Brasil
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This week - 12 September â 18 September of 2021, our theme is: ~ Shine a Light ! ~
This is a first year male. Youngsters have brown head like the females but this bird (taken in February) is already moulting in some adult feathers, notably some bottle-green ones on the neck, and white flank feathers, some even with the slight hint of salmon-pink that makes the adult males so spectacular. These are called Common Mergansers in the Americas
That huge bill on the Northern Shoveler drake makes quick work of adjusting the feathers in the back ;)
Taken 4 May 2023 at Homer, Alaska.
âą Flying steamer duck
âą Pato vapor volador, Quetro volador
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Genus:Tachyeres
Species:T. patachonicus
Female specimen
BahĂa Encerrada, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Small diving duck with thin serrated bill. Breeding males have showy black-and-white crest, a couple zebra stripes on the white breast, and cinnamon-colored sides. Females are brown with a puffy crest and partly yellow bill. Looks slender and long-necked in flight, with very fast wingbeats. Widespread across much of North America, but usually only seen in pairs or small flocks. Nests in cavities near small ponds or marshes; especially fond of wooded swamps. In winter, usually found on calm bodies of water; almost never on the ocean. Sometimes mixes loosely with other duck species.
Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. March 2022.
This Green-winged Teal drake was doing some dabbling as he's shedding this huge drip off his bill. It was a dismal overcast day at Spenard Crossing in Anchorage but it was nice to see the colors on this small duck!
Taken 20 May 2021 in Anchorage, Alaska.
African Brown Goose in the Lake Morton Park and Greenbelt located in Downtown Lakeland in the City of Lakeland in Polk County Florida U.S.A.
This Red-breasted Merganser drake swims by and pays no attention to me - just as well. The wind was blowing just enough to play with the feathers on his head.
Taken 6 April 2023 at Homer, Alaska.
The males are looking very classy at this time of the year but the females aren't too bad either. Females can be very variable from a rich chestnut to very pale birds
Tadorne casarca (Tadorna ferruginea)
Jolie Oie des steppes đ
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This first winter male resembles a female but there are some tiny green feathers coming through on the neck and in the crest and some salmon-colour on the flanks. As the winter progresses the green will become more and more to cover the head and the flanks will be immaculate white with a salmon blush
It was early morning at Lake Artemesia and the sun was just beginning to peek through the bare trees onto the lake. As luck would have it there were some hooded mergansers there and I breathlessly hurried up to get into a good light position to capture them as they are one of my favorite birds. I watched as this fabulous hooded merganser drake was in front of his mates and was swimming into some smooth water. It almost looked like he was swimming on glass except for the bow wave and wake. I was trying out my newly calibrated 2X extender that day and I was glad to have it for the extra reach it provided me for these birds since they are extremely shy!
Taken 6 February 2017 at Lake Artemesia in College Park, Maryland.
âą Upland goose, Magellan goose
âą CauquĂ©n comĂșn, caiquĂ©n, ganso de Magallanes
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Genus:Chloephaga
Species:C. picta
Pair, female (left) and male (right).
Laguna Nimez, El Calafate, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina
A pair of Tundra Swans, arrive in a flooded rice field in California's Sacramento Valley. They will winter there before returning to their breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra. They are one of only two North American species of swans, the other being the Trumpeter Swan.
Originally, rice farmers would burn their harvested fields readying them for the next year's planting. It was found that flooding them did the job efficiently while providing a wintering ground for migrating waterfowl. It has also brought another source of income to the area with all the birder's and photographers who flock there (sorry, couldn't help myself).
Tundra Swans are have all white feathers, but once they start grazing in these shallow waters, their breasts, necks and heads quickly develop a russet stain from the underlining mud and decaying vegetation.
The American race of Tundra Swans, referred to as Whistling Swans from their calls, have solid black bills or black with a small patch of yellow below the eye; the Eurasian race of Tundra Swan, or Bewick's, have a much larger, distinctive yellow patch. Both races are found together in these large, wintering areas and are considered the same species although they once were thought to be separate species.