The chestnut teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in southern Australia. It is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

Symbol of faithfulness in male and female relationships.

Note: a loose feather seems to have stuck on the lady's beak.

After much contortion, the pelican finally got the errant feather smoothed back into place. Fun to watch. With a dabbling mallard in the background.

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

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I photographed this Cinnamon Teal at the Black Point Wildlife Drive section of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge located immediately north of the NASA Space complex on Florida's Atlantic Coast. Cinnamon Teals are rare visitors to Central Florida (third Year at this exact location at Merritt Island) and human visitors to the refuge were swarming to get a look at this strange sight. This teal was not very cooperative. Oh, he was out in the open, but still somewhat far away and only photographers with extremely long lenses were able to capture large enough images.

The Cinnamon Teal is a species of duck found in western North and South America. It is a small dabbling duck, with bright reddish plumage on the male and duller brown plumage on the female. It lives in marshes and ponds, and feeds mostly on plants. The adult male (seen here) has a cinnamon-red head and body with a brown back, a red eye and a dark bill. The adult female has a mottled brown body, a pale brown head, brown eyes and a grey bill and is very similar in appearance to a female blue-winged teal; however its overall color is richer, the lores, eye line, and eye ring are less distinct. Its bill is longer and more spatulate (hence their Latin name). The male juvenile resembles a female cinnamon or blue-winged teal but their eyes are red. They are 16 in (41cm) long, have a 22-inch (56cm) wingspan, and weigh 14 ounces (400g).

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Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

This beautiful dabbling duck ranges over more of the earth then any other waterfowl.

Appearance

The northern pintail is a medium-sized dabbling duck with a slim profile, long narrow neck and pointed tail.

Males have a chocolate brown head, white foreneck, blue-grey bill with black stripe and a long “pin” tail. Wings are grey with an iridescent green patch.

Females are mottled brown and have blue bills with dark spots or mottling.

Breeding

Females nest in open areas typically on the ground in low or sparse vegetation and cropland stubble. Pintails tend to locate their nests farther from water than other ducks.

Hens lay one egg a day for an average clutch size of 7-9 eggs. She incubates the eggs for 22-24 days and leads the young to water within 24 hours of their hatching.

Some pintails renest after their initial nests are destroyed but few renest more than twice.

Ducklings feed without assistance and reach flight stage at 46-57 days.

Habitat: Shallow, fast-warming seasonal or permanent wetlands and prairie.

Range: Pintails breed from Alaska and the Canadian Arctic south to the Prairie Pothole region of southern Canada and the northern Great Plains of the United States. Pintails winter along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts from SE Alaska and SE Massachusetts south to Mexico and Central America

Diet: Pintails dabble or “tip up” to feed on moist-soil and aquatic plant seeds, pond weeds, and aquatic invertebrates. They also feed on grains such as rice, wheat, corn and barley.

Status and Conservation Issues

Pintail numbers have declined dramatically over the last two decades. In 2002, their population tied the previous record low of 1.8 million birds.

The ultimate cause of their decline is the loss of grassland Habitat. More specifically, reduced nesting success on prairie breeding grounds is suspected to be responsible for low pintail populations.

Decreased nest success may be the result of 1) increased nest predation due to changes in landscape composition, and 2) changes in land use/cropping practices that have resulted in nest loss to agricultural practices.

DUC’s Pintail Intiative aims to conserve Habitat for these beautiful but declining birds.

Interesting Facts

The oldest male pintail recorded in the wild was 21 years and 4 months old. The bird was banded in California and recovered in Idaho.

A pintail skeleton was found at 16,400 feet on the Khumbu Glacier during the 1952 expedition to Mt. Everest.

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Dabbling at ebb tide

Very dabbled light for this shot as a large and slow to move sheet of haze had set up residence over the area.

66798 works the 6G89 Hindlow to Hams Hall loaded stone boxes with limestone for the HS2 project.

With the northern leg of HS2 now cancelled, Hindlow can satisfy the demand for stone, which has unfortunately seen the cessation of traffic from the nearby Hillhead terminal opened in 2023, both situated on the former LNWR route to Ashbourne.

Seen at the peg at Great Rocks is 66601 working the 6H51 ex Hardendale for Tunstead sidings.

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The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae. The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on their wings and belly, while the females (hens or ducks) have mainly brown-speckled plumage. Both sexes have an area of white-bordered black or iridescent blue feathers called a speculum on their wings; males especially tend to have blue speculum feathers. The mallard is 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long, of which the body makes up around two-thirds the length. The wingspan is 81–98 cm (32–39 in) and the bill is 4.4 to 6.1 cm (1.7 to 2.4 in) long. It is often slightly heavier than most other dabbling ducks, weighing 0.72–1.58 kg (1.6–3.5 lb). Mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes. This species is the main ancestor of most breeds of domesticated ducks.

The female lays eight to thirteen creamy white to greenish-buff spotless eggs, on alternate days. Incubation takes 27 to 28 days and fledging takes 50 to 60 days. The ducklings are precocial and fully capable of swimming as soon as they hatch.

The mallard is a medium-sized waterfowl species that is often slightly heavier than most other dabbling ducks. It is 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long – of which the body makes up around two-thirds – has a wingspan of 81–98 cm (32–39 in), and weighs 0.72–1.58 kg (1.6–3.5 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 25.7 to 30.6 cm (10.1 to 12.0 in), the bill is 4.4 to 6.1 cm (1.7 to 2.4 in), and the tarsus is 4.1 to 4.8 cm (1.6 to 1.9 in).

The breeding male mallard is unmistakable, with a glossy bottle-green head and a white collar that demarcates the head from the purple-tinged brown breast, grey-brown wings, and a pale grey belly. The rear of the male is black, with white-bordered dark tail feathers. The bill of the male is a yellowish-orange tipped with black, with that of the female generally darker and ranging from black to mottled orange and brown. The female mallard is predominantly mottled, with each individual feather showing sharp contrast from buff to very dark brown, a coloration shared by most female dabbling ducks, and has buff cheeks, eyebrow, throat, and neck, with a darker crown and eye-stripe.

Both male and female mallards have distinct iridescent purple-blue speculum feathers edged with white, which are prominent in flight or at rest but temporarily shed during the annual summer molt. Upon hatching, the plumage of the duckling is yellow on the underside and face (with streaks by the eyes) and black on the back (with some yellow spots) all the way to the top and back of the head. Its legs and bill are also black. As it nears a month in age, the duckling's plumage starts becoming drab, looking more like the female, though more streaked, and its legs lose their dark grey coloring. Two months after hatching, the fledgling period has ended, and the duckling is now a juvenile. Between three and four months of age, the juvenile can finally begin flying, as its wings are fully developed for flight (which can be confirmed by the sight of purple speculum feathers). Its bill soon loses its dark grey coloring, and its sex can finally be distinguished visually by three factors: 1) the bill is yellow in males, but black and orange in females; 2) the breast feathers are reddish-brown in males, but brown in females; and 3) in males, the center tail feather (drake feather) is curled, but in females, the center tail feather is straight. During the final period of maturity leading up to adulthood (6–10 months of age), the plumage of female juveniles remains the same while the plumage of male juveniles gradually changes to its characteristic colors. This change in plumage also applies to adult mallard males when they transition in and out of their non-breeding eclipse plumage at the beginning and the end of the summer molting period. The adulthood age for mallards is fourteen months, and the average life expectancy is three years, but they can live to twenty.

For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard

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This species breeds further north than any other dabbler with the exception of the northern pintail.

Another trip to WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire at the end of January.

Weather was bright and sunny.

A female Common Mallard flying over the Tack Piece fields.

The Mallard is the most familiar of all the dabbling ducks.

The Mallard is a large and heavy-looking duck. It has a long body, and a long and broad bill. The female is mainly brown with an orange bill. Mallards breed in all parts of the UK in summer and winter, wherever there are suitable wetland habitats.

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A small group a ringneck hens and drake swimming and feeding with a pair of wigeon drakes.

The mallard is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurosiberia, and North Africa and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae. The male birds have a glossy green head and are grey on their wings and belly, while the females have mainly brown-speckled plumage. Both sexes have an area of white-bordered black or iridescent blue feathers called a speculum on their wings; males especially tend to have blue speculum feathers. The mallard is 50–65 cm long, of which the body makes up around two-thirds the length. The wingspan is 81–98 cm and the bill is 4.4 to 6.1 cm long. It is often slightly heavier than most other dabbling ducks, weighing 0.72–1.58 kg. Mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes. This species is the main ancestor of most breeds of domesticated ducks.

I took this photo at the Western Plain Zoo in Dubbo

Towards the end of March I made another trip to Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.

Another view of a Male Eurasian Wigeon on the Tack Piece Lagoon.

The male has a Chestnut head with a Cream forehead and crown, a Silver Grey bill with a Black tip, Pink breast, Grey flanks and back, a Green speculum and a White patch on the upper wings with a White belly. The legs and feet are Grey.

The Eurasian Wigeon, also known as Widgeon, is a dabbling duck.

The Eurasian Wigeon is a close relative to the American Wigeon.

The Wigeon often gather with Coots and divers on the water and are known to feed off vegetation brought to the surface whilst the divers are feeding.

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This was taken back in June - I got up early to go hit the creeks. From weather reports I knew no clouds would be there to filter the light but I thought if I got there early enough I could get some shots in before the sun came up over the canyon. I guess you need to be there by 5 in the morning cuz even at 7 the sun was beating down on the water. I still shot but ended up trashing 99.9% of my shots due to the bad lighting. This one I kept. I kinda liked how the sun was playing on the rocks.

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The Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) is a large dabbling duck of the genus Anas. Its native name is papan. It is endemic to the Philippines.

It eats shrimp, fish, insects, and vegetation, and it frequents all types of wetlands.

Taxonomy

The Philippine duck is a dabbling duck and a member of the genus Anas. It has no subspecies and so it is monotypic. It belongs to the Pacific clade of Anas along with the koloa, the Laysan duck, the Pacific black duck, and the extinct Mariana mallard.

The scientific name comes from the Latin Anas, 'duck' and the Philippine island Luzon.

It is known in the Philippines as papan.

Description

The Philippine duck is a large conspicuous duck. It has a black crown, nape and eye stripe, with a cinnamon head and neck. The rest of its body is greyish brown with a bright green speculum. Its legs are greyish brown, and its bill is bluish-grey. The female is somewhat smaller than the male, but is otherwise the same.

Distribution and habitat

The Philippine duck is known to inhabit all of the major Philippine islands and 8 minor islands, but since the 1980s most sightings have been on Luzon and Mindanao. Long-distance vagrants have been sighted in Okinawa and Taiwan.

It is found in all types of wetlands within its range, but its preferred habitat is shallow freshwater marshland.

Conservation status

The Philippine duck is rated vulnerable on the IUCN Red List with the population estimated to be 3,300 - 6,700 mature individuals remaining. The species has experienced steep population decreases since the 1970s mainly due to hunting and habitat loss. The ducks have been heavily hunted since the 1960s with thousands being hunted a year through the late 1980s.

Habitat loss is mainly due to wetland drainage, aquaculture, mangrove destruction and fishpond creation.

The species occurs in multiple protected areas including Manleluag Spring Protected Landscape, Mounts Iglit-Baco National Park, Naujan Lake National Park, Bataan National Park, Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and Olango Island, a Ramsar wetland. However, as is with most of the Philippines enforcement from hunting is lax.

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The Mallard, or Wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos[1]), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical Americas, Europe, Asia, New Zealand (where it is currently the most common duck species), and Australia.

The male birds have a bright green head, while the female's is light brown. The Mallard lives in wetlands, eats water plants, and is gregarious. It is also migratory. The Mallard is the ancestor of all domestic ducks, and can interbreed with other species of genus Anas.[2] This interbreeding is causing rarer species of ducks to become genetically diluted.

The Mallard is 56–65 centimetres (22–26 in) long, has a wingspan of 81–98 centimetres (32–39 in), and weighs 0.9–1.2 kilograms (32–42 oz). The breeding male is unmistakable, with a bright green head, black rear end and a yellowish orange (can also contain some red) bill tipped with black (as opposed to the dark brown bill in females), and is also nature's most feared duck. The female Mallard is light brown, like most female dabbling ducks. However, both the female and male Mallards have distinct purple speculum edged with white, prominent in flight or at rest (though temporarily shed during the annual summer moult). In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage the drake becomes drab, looking more like the female, but still distinguishable by its yellow bill and reddish breast.

In captivity, domestic ducks come in wild-type plumages, white, and other colours. Most of these colour variants are also known in domestic Mallards not bred as livestock, but kept as pets, aviary birds, etc., where they are rare but increasing in availability.

A noisy species, the male has a nasal call, the female has a "quack" stereotypically associated with ducks.[3]

The Mallard is a rare example of both Allen's Rule and Bergmann's Rule in birds. Bergmann's Rule, which states that polar forms tend to be larger than related ones from warmer climates, has numerous examples in birds. Allen's Rule says that appendages like ears tend to be smaller in polar forms to minimize heat loss, and larger in tropical and desert equivalents to facilitate heat diffusion, and that the polar taxa are stockier overall. Examples of this rule in birds are rare, as they lack external ears. However, the bill of ducks is very well supplied with blood vessels and is vulnerable to cold.

This species is unmistakable in the northern hemisphere due to its large spatulate bill. The breeding drake has an iridescent dark green head,[8] white breast and chestnut belly and flanks. In flight, pale blue forewing feathers are revealed, separated from the green speculum by a white border. In early fall the male will have a white crescent on each side of the face.[4] In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage, the drake resembles the female.

The female is a drab mottled brown like other dabblers,[8] with plumage much like a female Mallard, but easily distinguished by the long broad bill, which is gray tinged with orange on cutting edge and lower mandible.[4] The female's forewing is gray.

They are 19 inches (48 cm) long and have a wingspan of 30 inches (76 cm) with a weight of 600 grams (1.3 lb).[3]

Behavior

[...] Northern Shovelers feed by dabbling for plant food, often by swinging its bill from side to side and using the bill to strain food from the water. They use their highly specialized bill (from which their name is derived) to forage for aquatic invertebrates – a carnivorous diet. Their wide-flat bill is equipped with well-developed lamellae – small, comb-like structures on the edge of the bill that act like sieves, allowing the birds to skim crustaceans and plankton from the water's surface. This adaptation, more specialized in shovelers, gives them an advantage over other puddle ducks, with which they do not have to compete for food resources during most of the year. Thus, mud-bottomed marshes rich in invertebrate life are their habitat of choices.[8]

The shoveler prefers to nest in grassy areas away from open water. Their nest is a shallow depression on the ground, lined with plant material and down. Hens typically lay about nine eggs. The drakes are very territorial during breeding season and will defend their territory and partners from competing males. Drakes also engage in elaborate courtship behaviors, both on the water and in the air; it is not uncommon for a dozen or more males to pursue a single hen. Despite their stout appearance, shovelers are nimble fliers.[8]

This is a fairly quiet species. The male has a clunking call, whereas the female has a Mallard-like quack.

[...]This is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some emergent vegetation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Shoveler

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"Bottoms Up! Swan Dive" by Patti Deters. This swan was captured in a rather comical pose with its elegant white tail feathers sticking straight up out of the water, while its head was completely submerged. This seemingly humorous stance is actually a common sight among swans and other water birds, known as "dabbling." When waterfowl dabble, they tips their body forward and uses their beaks to forage underwater for food. Beneath the surface, this swan's long neck helped reach the river bottom to scoop up aquatic plants, small fish, and insects essential for its diet. While it might look amusing to us, it's a perfect example of the swan’s adaptability and skill in thriving in its watery habitat. If you like outdoor nature photography, please enjoy more birds, animals, and other wildlife images at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/bottoms-up-swan-dive-pat....

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One of the few photos I have so far of Eurasian wigeons (Mareca penelope). They belong to the dabbling duck genus.

The male has this beautiful red head with a broad yellow stripe on the forehead. The female is more brown and red all over.

I don't meet them that often on our island, but I have seen some here lately- so I hope to get better photos soon.

But I often see many of them on a distance on Jæren, one hour and so away, where these photos are from.

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On a walk along some beaches on Jæren some years ago, there were at first no wigeons in this bay. But on our return 1.5 hours later, the same bay had been filled with at least 2400 of them! The two photos here are only a few of the ones I took, to try to count them all.

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September Is National Piano Month

Love all things piano? Whether you dabble on the keys in your spare time, spend hours on the bench practicing to become the next virtuoso, teach piano for a living, or simply enjoy listening to Beethoven’s best, we can all agree—the piano is an amazing instrument!

From jazz hits to classical, heavy metal covers to even rap and hip-hop that sample piano, there are practically no limits to what you can explore on the piano.

So now it’s time to celebrate, with September 1st marking the start of National Piano Month, a holiday started in 1991 by the National Piano Foundation. Ready to celebrate with us? Here are some ideas…

Learn about the history of the piano, in this comprehensive series from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visit www.metmuseum.org/blogs/of-note/2014/national-piano-month-1

Check out different types of pianos, in this interactive on-line museum. www.pianomuseum.org/

Try something new in your practice routine with these fun ways to practice scales. takelessons.com/blog/new-ways-to-practice-scales-z06

Having trouble with a tough piece? Try this fun piano exercise to get back on track. takelessons.com/blog/piano-exercise-printable-z06

Spend some time learning a musical genre you may not be super familiar with— for example, get familiar with ragtime!

Challenge yourself to improve your music-reading speed.

Test your knowledge of modern-day songs that borrow from classical pieces.

Step outside your comfort zone and spice up your piano practice with something new.

Consider getting involved in a piano competition.

Master those big piano leaps with these helpful tips. takelessons.com/blog/mastering-leaps-on-piano

And parents, make sure you celebrate National Piano Month along with your children.

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A ‘Gaggle of Geese'. Late evening catch of Canada Geese, Branta canadensis, Grazing and one for sorrow!...a solitary Magpie. Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire.

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Canada Geese eat grain from fields, graze on grass, and dabble in shallow water by tipping forward and extending their necks underwater. During much of the year they associate in large flocks, and many of these birds may be related to one another. They mate for life with very low “divorce rates,” and pairs remain together throughout the year. Geese mate “assortatively,” larger birds choosing larger mates and smaller ones choosing smaller mates; in a given pair, the male is usually larger than the female. Most Canada Geese do not breed until their fourth year; less than 10 percent breed as yearlings, and most pair bonds are unstable until birds are at least two or three years old. Extra-pair copulations have been documented.

During spring, pairs break out from flocks and begin defending territories. Spacing of these pairs is variable and depends on availability of nest sites and population density; where population is large, even after a great many fights birds may end up nesting in view of one another, and some populations are semi-colonial.

Canada Goose threat displays may involve head pumping, bill opened with tongue raised, hissing, honking, and vibrating neck feathers. When an intruding goose doesn’t retreat, geese may grab each other by breast or throat and hit each other with their wings. Fighting may result in injuries.

Female selects nest site, builds nest, and incubates eggs. She may brood goslings in cold, wet, or windy weather and while they’re sleeping for first week after hatching. Male guards the nest while female incubates.

Soon after they hatch, goslings begin pecking at small objects, and spend most of their time sleeping and feeding. They remain with their parents constantly, though sometimes “gang broods” form, especially in more southern latitudes. These can include at least two broods, and sometimes five or more, that travel, feed, and loaf together, accompanied by at least one adult.

Young often remain with their parents for their entire first year, especially in the larger subspecies. As summer wanes birds become more social; they may gather in large numbers at food sources; where food is limited and patchy, may compete with displays and fights.

In winter, Geese can remain in northern areas with some open water and food resources even where temperatures are extremely cold. Geese breeding in the northernmost reaches of their range tend to migrate long distances to winter in the more southerly parts of the range, whereas geese breeding in southern Canada and the conterminous United States migrate shorter distances or not at all. Individuals tend to return to the same migratory stopover and wintering areas year after year. Spring migration may be difficult for observers to track because of over-wintering birds and movements between night time resting areas and feeding areas, but the bulk of spring migratory movements tend to move north behind the retreating snow line, where the temperature is averaging 35 degrees.

Migrating flocks generally include loose aggregations of family groups and individuals, in both spring and fall. Flights usually begin at dusk, but may begin anytime of day, and birds fly both night and day. They move in a V formation, with experienced individuals taking turns leading the flock. All About Birds Notes.

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Just swimming and dabbling in the pond.

Dabbling in pure silver and grey and playing Hindu Gods-these ' live' beings looked so real as sculpted, one of them had to actually smile wide to prove their existence.

Scenes from, Thrissur, Kerala, India during the Onam celebrations.

Teals are small dabbling ducks. Males have chestnut coloured heads with broad green eye-patches, a spotted chest, grey flanks and a black edged yellow tail. Females are mottled brown. Both show bright green wing patches (speculum) in flight. They are thinly distributed as a breeding species with a preference for northern moors and mires. In winter birds congregate in low-lying wetlands in the south and west of the UK. Of these, many are continental birds from around the Baltic and Siberia. At this time, the UK is home to a significant percentage of the NW European wintering population making it an Amber List species.

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