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Our local North America visitor yesterday at a small loch in Fife. American Wigeon are probably our second commonest Nearctic visitor after Ring-necked Duck but it was still nice to catch up with one so close to home
This is not a species I get to photograph too often and when I do come across them, they're usually too far away but I was very pleased to get some super shots down at WWT Caerlaverock, just south of Dumfries
More from Linlithgow on Friday. Dull and dreich here today which gives me time to get photos filed away. Awaiting delivery of a Canon RF 100-500 lens having partexed my old 500mm for it. The 500 was great but getting a bit too much to carry around.
This female Northern Pintail is curious and is looking to see what's up with her head held high. Her body feathers camouflage perfectly with the surrounding hay, providing a great nesting opportunity.
Taken 10 May 2020 at Homer, Alaska
Ducks take off on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, USA.
I was taking some photos facing the other way when I heard this flock start to take off.
Beginning in November, Tundra swans migrate to rice fields in areas of California's Central Valley. Marysville, in the Sacramento Valley area, is an especially favorite place to see these beautiful birds. In fact, there is an annual Marysville Swan Festival in mid-November.
After the harvest, rice farmers flood their fields to give the swans a proper winter home. When they first arrive, their feathers are a pristine white. Soon, though, the soil in the flooded rice fields stain them a rusty brown. In March, they migrate back to their Arctic breeding grounds.
During those same months, November through March, the Central Valley is subject to the tule fog phenomenon: thick ground fog, often obscuring all visibility. This day, driving through pea soup fog, there was a fear we would not be able to see these beautiful birds, even if they were only a few feet from us. Luckily, the fog started to lift in late afternoon and, just at sunset, cleared up for a few minutes before returning to envelop the valley.
Canada Geese have a well established naturalised population in Central Scotland. Not everyone's favourite, but they're here to stay
This Northern Shoveler drake glides past me at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland. I love the coloration on this drake, similar to the Mallard, but oh my, that large bill makes a huge difference. I'd been seeing these ducks at greater distances, but at Blackwater, luck was with me as this was as close as I'd been to these guys. (Another shot from the archives)
Taken 9 March 2017 at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland.
Another Goosander shot, this time from Linlithgow this afternoon on a dull dreich day. High ISO required but with a bit of post-processing I'm quite happy with the result
(Mareca penelope)
Malmö
Sweden
Have a nice week
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Suécia (2018+2019) (26)
- All the photos for this order ANSERIFORMES (176)
- All the photos for this family Anatidae (Anatídeos) (194)
- All the photos for this species Mareca penelope (3)
- All the photos taken this day 2019/12/28 (2)
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(Anser anser)
Son
Norway
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Noruega (2018 + 2022) (34)
- All the photos for this order ANSERIFORMES (176)
- All the photos for this family Anatidae (Anatídeos) (194)
- All the photos for this species Anser anser (4)
- All the photos taken this day 2018/04/01 (2)
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At the end of December, there were looking great but they are difficult birds to photograph with their contrasting plumage. Bright sunlight overdoes the whites, dull conditions hide the deep bottle green of the head
A naturalised Greylag coming into land on the stubble. These will shortly be joined by their Icelandic cousins at the end of the month
The last of the Pinkies are gathering for their journey back to Iceland. A small flock getting airborne with the Ochil Hills as a backdrop
Whooper Swan in one of the ponds out at Cedar Meadows Resort and Spa in Mountjoy Township located in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Male Eider moulting into breeding plumage in early October. By now (mid-November) they are almost complete and looking stunning
This male Mallard is displaying its brand new flight feathers after its eclipse moult. Next will come the body and head feathers and it will look like the classic Mallard males we are most familiar with
The Anatidae (Ducks, Geese and Swans) are notorious for cross-species hybridisation. This is one of the commonest varieties
A distinctive dabbling duck endemic to southern South America, inhabiting freshwater marshes, lagoons, and coastal wetlands from Chile and Argentina to the Falkland Islands. Males are adorned with vibrant chestnut plumage, contrasting black-and-white wing patches, and a striking, oversized shovel-shaped bill adapted for filter-feeding. Females exhibit more subdued tones—mottled brown feathers with subtle streaks—providing camouflage while nesting. Both sexes forage by sifting shallow waters for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and algae, using their specialized bills to strain food. Often observed in pairs or small flocks, they thrive in calm, vegetated wetlands where they feed and rest.
• Red shoveler
• Pato pico cuchara sudamericano
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Genus:Spatula
Species:S. platalea
Laguna Nimez, El Calafate, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina