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The Pantanal
Brazil
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The southern screamer (Chauna torquata), also known as the crested screamer, belongs to the order Anseriformes. It is found in southeastern Peru, northern Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Its diet consists of plants stems, seeds, leaves, and, rarely, small animals. IUCN Listed as Least Concern.
The southern screamer is a good swimmer, having partially webbed feet, but prefers to move on the ground. The bony spurs on its wings are used for protection against rival screamers and other enemies. Although it is non-migratory, it is an excellent flier. It lives in large flocks, feeding on the ground in grasslands and cultivated fields until nesting season, when birds pair off.
The southern screamer establishes monogamous relationships that last its lifetime, estimated to be 15 years. Courtship involves loud calling by both sexes, which can be heard up to two miles away. For the nest the couple makes a big platform of reeds, straws, and other aquatic plants in an inaccessible place near water.
The female lays between two and seven white eggs. The couple share incubation, which takes 43 to 46 days. Chicks leave the nest as soon as they hatch, but the parents care for them for several weeks. The fledgling period takes 8 to 14 weeks. – Wikipedia
I was trying to get a photo of the American Black Duck, but it took refuge behind my husband. As you can see, the ducks at Mud Lake are very tame and know exactly what humans are good for. As soon as you show up, there they are, and you have to watch where you walk :)
Britannia Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. February 2022.
Photographed a flock of Canada Geese feeding on grass from the Travelway Inn Sudbury lawn located in the Township of McKim in the City of Greater Sudbury in the District of Sudbury in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Popped across to Loch Lomond at Balloch today to catch up with the Mandarins. They were really hidden under the bushes today and were mostly asleep but they did open the odd eyeball to see what was going on. There are only three at the usual spot this year, 2 males and this single female
Although the temperature was relatively warm the brisk wind kept me from being too adventurous. These were taken from the car park in Port Seton
(Mergus serrator)
Bygdøy - Oslo
Noruega
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(Aythya fuligula)
Frogner Park - Oslo
Noruega
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I have never found these very common along the east-central coast of Scotland but this year there seem to be more of them. This group of five were at Aberlady Bay NNR yesterday
Greylag Goose,
Order - Anseriformes, Family - Anatidae, Species, - Anser anser,
Of all grey geese, the Grey lag ( the direct ancestor of the domestic goose ) most resembles the farmyard goose.
It is also the most easily seen grey goose in the UK because it has been introduced in many lowland areas where sizeable flocks are now semi-tame and resident all year round.
Winter visitors are still wild and shy.
In much of eastern and central Europe, the Greylag is naturally resident in extensive marshes,
Voice, - Loud, clattering, and honking notes like farmyard bird, ahng-ahng-ahng,kang-ank,
Nesting, - Sparsely lined ground nest, often on island; 4 - 6 eggs; 1 brood; May - June.
Feeding, - Grazes; plucks-grass and cereal shoots, digs for roots and waste grain,
Length, - 74 - 84 cm ( 29 - 33 in ),
Wingspan, - 1.49 - 1.68 m ( 5f - 5f 6in ),
Weight - 2.9 - 3.7kg,
Lifespan, - 15 - 20 years,
Social - Flocks,
Status, - Secure,.
I think this is a female as it has a solid white chin and greyish flanks. In December, when this was taken, there is often difficulty with separating them from juvenile males but these seem to have more salmon-colour on the flanks and some black feathers coming through on the wings and greenish ones on the head, although this is generally a bit later
Widespread and often common small duck of wetlands, lakes, river mouths, Andean bogs, and streams. Rather small and compact with a dark head, a bright yellow bill (duller for a short while on young birds), and plain grayish sides. The similar Yellow-billed Pintail is larger and more elegant with a paler head and mottled sides. Teal populations in the high Andes (“Altiplano Teal”) have noticeably paler gray sides than southern lowlands birds (“Austral Teal”).
Laguna Hualmish, Peru. October 2018.
This Harlequin drake swims in the waters at the Alaska Sea Life Center. It's quite complex with patterns and colors!
Taken 26 April 2018 at Seward, Alaska.
• Patagonian crested duck, southern crested duck
• Pato crestón, pato juarjual, pato crestón del sur
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Subfamily:Anatinae
Genus:Lophonetta
Species:L. specularioides
Subspecies: Species:L. s. specularioides
Bahía Encerrada, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
This was taken in late December and the Eiders were gathering in small groups offshore with some of the males getting their display routines worked out and the females were giving me the once over.