Three dabbling Canada Geese on the Badenburger See in the park at Nymphenburg Palace.

In the background the reflection of the Apollotempel, Munich's other monopteros (Munich features two monopteroi, the more famous one is in the English Garden).

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DISTINCTIVE dabbling duck, the males in particular of which are colorful and attractive,.Seen on Rottingdean village pond, East Sussex. A real joy to see.

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Also dabbles in motorcycles... - an exhibit in the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum on the Theresienhöhe in Munich.

The Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum (German Museum Traffic Centre) specializes on exhibits regarding traffic on land. It opened in 2006 and shows cars, trucks, locomotives, bicycles, motorcycles and trams on an exhibition area of 12,000 m².

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THESE elegant dabbling ducks, normally bid a hasty retreat when you point a camera at them, but on this village pond, they swam towards me looking for food, just amazing to see at Rottingdean East Sussex UK.

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A small dabbling duck which differs from the male by lacking the white head with a black crown and blue bill. Fond of lakes that have open water with dense vegetation at the margins. Can be found from North America, Asia, and Central Asia. This bird is status is rated as endangered due its declining loss of habitat and pollution.

Teal - Anas crecca

Common and pretty dabbling ducks, teal gather in large numbers in winter on flooded gravel pits, reservoirs and floodplain meadows. Many of these birds are migrants from the cold climes of the Baltic and Siberia. In summer, teal breed in small numbers in the UK, mostly in the north.

The teal is our smallest duck. Males are grey, with a speckled breast, a yellow-and-black tail, a chestnut-coloured head and a bright green eye patch. Females are mainly mottled brown, but both sexes show a bright green wing patch in flight.

Nests in small numbers around the country, particularly in the uplands, but much more common in winter when it can be found on most wetlands.

Did you know?

Collectively, a group of teal is known as a 'spring' because of the way they can take-off suddenly and vertically, as if they have jumped straight off the ground!

A species of dabbling duck that is native to South America and can sometimes be also known as the Argentine Red Shoveler. Preferred habitat is dense reed beds, lagoons, marshes and shallow lakes and pools. Like other species of shovelers they feed by sifting the surface of the water filtering out small aquatic animals and plants through their bill which contains tiny vertical slits known as lamellae along the lower and upper sides of the bill. The female hen differs from the male who has a red to pink plumage.

This pair of Mallards slowly walked on the ice, heading for the open water of Lake St. Clair.

A dabbling duck that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and is sometimes also known as the Laysan Teal. This duck is a critically endangered with a population estimated at 500-680 mature individuals left in the wild due to its small size and being vulnerable to climate change.

VERY ELEGANT dabbling duck, distinctive, elongated appearance with a pointed rear end. resident all year round, and more easy to observe and recognize during the winter months by visitors from northern Europe.

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Teal - Anas crecca (F)

Common and pretty dabbling ducks, teal gather in large numbers in winter on flooded gravel pits, reservoirs and floodplain meadows. Many of these birds are migrants from the cold climes of the Baltic and Siberia. In summer, teal breed in small numbers in the UK, mostly in the north.

The teal is our smallest duck. Males are grey, with a speckled breast, a yellow-and-black tail, a chestnut-coloured head and a bright green eye patch. Females are mainly mottled brown, but both sexes show a bright green wing patch in flight.

Nests in small numbers around the country, particularly in the uplands, but much more common in winter when it can be found on most wetlands.

Did you know?

Collectively, a group of teal is known as a 'spring' because of the way they can take-off suddenly and vertically, as if they have jumped straight off the ground!

A lovely pair of Northern Pinstripes in the Belmont Slough, San Marteo County, CA

Photographed the male Mallard Duck feeding amongst the cattails on the shore of Gillies Lake in the Gillies Lake Conservation Area located in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada

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Teal - Anas crecca (M)

Common and pretty dabbling ducks, teal gather in large numbers in winter on flooded gravel pits, reservoirs and floodplain meadows. Many of these birds are migrants from the cold climes of the Baltic and Siberia. In summer, teal breed in small numbers in the UK, mostly in the north.

The teal is our smallest duck. Males are grey, with a speckled breast, a yellow-and-black tail, a chestnut-coloured head and a bright green eye patch. Females are mainly mottled brown, but both sexes show a bright green wing patch in flight.

Nests in small numbers around the country, particularly in the uplands, but much more common in winter when it can be found on most wetlands.

Did you know?

Collectively, a group of teal is known as a 'spring' because of the way they can take-off suddenly and vertically, as if they have jumped straight off the ground!

Teal - Anas crecca

Common and pretty dabbling ducks, teal gather in large numbers in winter on flooded gravel pits, reservoirs and floodplain meadows. Many of these birds are migrants from the cold climes of the Baltic and Siberia. In summer, teal breed in small numbers in the UK, mostly in the north.

The teal is our smallest duck. Males are grey, with a speckled breast, a yellow-and-black tail, a chestnut-coloured head and a bright green eye patch. Females are mainly mottled brown, but both sexes show a bright green wing patch in flight.

Nests in small numbers around the country, particularly in the uplands, but much more common in winter when it can be found on most wetlands.

Did you know?

Collectively, a group of teal is known as a 'spring' because of the way they can take-off suddenly and vertically, as if they have jumped straight off the ground!

Dabbling in my garden... :))

Blue-Winged Teal

From North American Birds:

Not only can teals and other dabblers spring into the air without a run on an open surface, but they can also fly slowly enough to drop with precision......

Seen flying into and landing on Ambleside Pond in West Vancouver.

Quiet lakes and wetlands come alive with the breezy whistle of the American Wigeon, a dabbling duck with pizzazz. Breeding males have a green eye patch and a conspicuous white crown, earning them the nickname "baldpate."

American Wigeons eat a higher proportion of plant matter than any other dabbling duck thanks to their short gooselike bill. [...].

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Wigeon/overview

The South Georgia Pintail (Anas georgica georgica), also misleadingly known as the South Georgian Teal, is the nominate subspecies of the Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica). This dabbling duck is endemic to the large subantarctic island of South Georgia and its accompanying archipelago, and is a vagrant to the South Sandwich Islands. It was among the birds noted by James Cook in January 1775, on the occasion of the first recorded landing on South Georgia.

In the late 19th Century, the pintails were considered common, however, by the early 20th Century the population had been reduced considerably by whalers and sealers.

Since the South Georgia whaling base has been abondoned the population has started to recover. Current threats are mainly due to the eggs and chicks being at risk from Brown Rats and predatory birds such as Brown Skuas.

This South Georgia Pintail was seen at the Slimbridge Wetlands Centre in Gloucestershire.

Mottled brown dabbling duck with distinctive striped head pattern. Note purple/green metallic panel on wing and slightly domed head. Common throughout range, often found on or beside ponds, wetlands, and rivers. Hybridizes with Mallard. Similar to female Mallard but note Pacific Black Duck’s darker coloration and distinctive striped cream head with gray bill, darker legs and feet. Also look for green speculum with black border in flight. (eBird)

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We were thrilled to see this beautiful duck on our first day. It turned out that it was quite common, but we were always pleased to see it.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. September 2022.

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden... :))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:)

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:)

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

After dabbling in my garden all spring and half of summer and posting 100 photos I finally decided to step away from MY flowers and will start posting tomorrow flowers I captured out and about!! :))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Mandarin - Whipsnade 25-03-2015 5D2A1350

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:)

Dabbling in my garden...:))

One of my favorite dabblers, the Dapper Dan of ducks.

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my Garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

Dabbling in my garden...:))

A cut piece from my lilac brush/tree!