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A selection of photos of a Gadwall drake which has rather unexpectedly turned up recently at Swannie Ponds, in Dundee.
I like doing things with my hands. I’ve dabbled in oil painting, drawing, woodcarving and cgi in operations manuals among other things. I have recently begun making powder horns. Powder horns were used to hold black powder, which was used as the propellant in muzzle loading rifles. The horns are usually obtained in a raw state, cored out, but very rough. They are then formed to the desired shape using files and sandpaper. Once the horn is in its final shape, it is then polished using increasing finer grades of sandpaper. The finish has to be a flawless as possible if engraving (scrimshaw) is to be applied. This was my first attempt at making a horn and engraving. I did it for my father and it contains a map of the north Florida-south Georgia area of about 1800. Also engraved are some animals found in that area, the owners name and a patriotic saying of the era. I really enjoy making horns, but it is very rough on the old finger joints.
In 2050, scientists began dabbling in genetics, and unknowingly unleashed a virus that transformed susceptible humans into ragin alien-like creatures. 95% of the world's population was infected. The other 5% were only spared because they were in remote locations or away from large amounts of people. Months later, what remained of teh world's government banded together in what was known as the IDA (International Defence Association) to counter the mutant threat. However, they were short of survivors, so they enlisted a man called Axel to help find the survivors and help their plight.
Axel has managed to trace a call for help signal to the base of a top secret organisation working for the government. After the remaining agents, Yvonne, Robert and Michael, meet Axel, they are attacked by a Phase 2 mutant and a Phase 3 Mutant.
American Wigeon: Medium dabbling duck, brown body with white crown, large green ear patch extending to back of head, buff washed breast and sides, and white belly. White shoulder patches visible in flight. Black-tipped pale blue bill. Swift direct flight, strong wing beats. Flies in tight flocks.
American Wigeon: Opportunistic and aggressive feeder, often foraging in open water by stealing materials brought to the surface by diving ducks and coots. Feeds primarily on leafy aquatic plants, grass, and agricultural crops; also takes insects and other aquatic invertebrates.
The American Wigeon was formerly known as "Baldpate" because the white stripe on their crown resembles a bald man's head.
Their short bill enables them to exert more force at the bill tip than other dabbling ducks, thus permitting efficient dislodging and plucking of vegetation.
Their diet has a higher proportion of plant matter than the diet of any other dabbling duck.
A group of ducks has many collective nouns, including a "brace", "flush", "paddling", "raft", and "team" of ducks.
Some ducks fall in the dabbling catagory and others are diving ducks. The Chiloé Wigeons are dabblers. I looked up the definition: "A dabbling duck is a type of shallow water duck that feeds primarily along the surface of the water or by tipping headfirst into the water to graze on aquatic plants, vegetation and insects." These exotic probable escapees must have liked the dining here because they stayed all year long.
Chiloé Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix)
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Taken early in 2010, at Radipole RSPB reserve Weymouth, Dorset. Didn't get the green speculum on the secondaries (sulk). I think it only shows when they are waddling, or in flight.
If you like the idea of dabbling ducks, then you may enjoy "Ducks' Ditty" from "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame.
`Ducks' Ditty’
All along the backwater,
Through the rushes tall,
Ducks are a-dabbling,
Up tails all!
Ducks' tails, drakes' tails,
Yellow feet a-quiver,
Yellow bills all out of sight
Busy in the river!
Slushy green undergrowth
Where the roach swim--
Here we keep our larder,
Cool and full and dim.
Everyone for what he likes!
WE like to be
Heads down, tails up,
Dabbling free!
High in the blue above
Swifts whirl and call--
WE are down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
I dabble with Photoshop and Illustrator (All adobe products really) now and then. All self taught. Figured I would start posting some of those works here for your enjoyment/critiques. Any help in this or future postings is welcomed, just be nice :)
me and cousins used to play with this
hibiscus
when we were kids
our main ingredient for making bubbles
yay!
"Hibiscus on the Sleeping Shores"poem from Wallace Stevens
Scientific name: Anas crecca
Bird family: Ducks, geese and swans
UK conservation status: Amber
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.
What they eat: Seeds and small invertebrates.
Measurements:
Length: 34-38 cm
Wingspan: 58-64cm
Weight: 240-360g
Population:
UK breeding: 2,100 pairs
UK wintering: 210,000 birds
Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...
Here I distressed the butterflies and the chipboard letters using Soft Suede ink on sponge daubers.
More details on my blog:
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Thanks for looking :)
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She also has a little bit of iridescence on her head but not anywhere near as much as the male. Her head is rounder and much less color on her sides. These are small ducks, smaller than coots.
Female Chiloé Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix)
American Coot (Fulica Americana)
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Dabbling with a Helicon Tube, a gadget that steps focus a set amount each shot allowing you to do focus stacking easily. This is a combination of 32 images, shot hand held
American Wigeon: Medium dabbling duck, brown body with white crown, large green ear patch extending to back of head, buff washed breast and sides, and white belly. White shoulder patches visible in flight. Black-tipped pale blue bill. Swift direct flight, strong wing beats. Flies in tight flocks.
American Wigeon: Opportunistic and aggressive feeder, often foraging in open water by stealing materials brought to the surface by diving ducks and coots. Feeds primarily on leafy aquatic plants, grass, and agricultural crops; also takes insects and other aquatic invertebrates.
The American Wigeon was formerly known as "Baldpate" because the white stripe on their crown resembles a bald man's head.
Their short bill enables them to exert more force at the bill tip than other dabbling ducks, thus permitting efficient dislodging and plucking of vegetation.
Their diet has a higher proportion of plant matter than the diet of any other dabbling duck.
A group of ducks has many collective nouns, including a "brace", "flush", "paddling", "raft", and "team" of ducks.
That's the name. Chocolate Things. From the Cheese Board in Berkeley. They are organic, and pull apart like brioche, but with a few chunks of dark, very good chocolate. Decadent
Following on from dabbling with a bit of macro work with the EOS M I went out with a macro setup on the 5D Mk3 - a first! - despite owning the lens and convertor for years, I have never used them before. I wandered around Slaithwaite and along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal towpath. The light was very poor. Trying to handhold, get depth of field and accurate focus in the gloom was really hard. I tried different settings and ended up at ISO 1000. Besides meeting loads of people I knew, including my oldest daughter, I got some politely curious looks. Shame about the light, critical as it is.
To see more information about the 130 year history of J B Schofield and Sons, including their transport and 33 years gritting in the Pennines look here www.jbschofieldandsons.co.uk/
One of the world'smost rare ducks, this bird what photographed in the wetlands at Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand.
Family: Anatidae (Dabbling ducks)
Status: endangered endemic
Brown teal is one of three closely related species of teal in New Zealand. The other two being the flightless subantarctic Auckland teal and Campbell Island teal.
Once common throughout New Zealand, habitat destruction, especially swamp drainage and predation, have resulted in brown teal becoming one of our most nationally endangered species of waterfowl. Approximately 1300 birds were surviving nationwide in 1999making it one of the rarest ducks in the world!
Most birds are to be found on Great Barrier Island. There are a few brown teal on Kapiti, Mana, and Tiritiri Matangi Islands, the eastern side of Northland and a new population has recently been established in the Coromandel area. Brown teal are regularly present at the Waikanae Estuary, probably part of the Kapiti Island population.
In the South Island, a few birds survive in Fiordland.
Recognition: About half the size of the common mallard duck, brown teal stand 48cm tall and weigh just over half a kilo as an adult. The male is slightly larger than the female. Brown teal have a warm brown plumage, with dark-brown mottling on the breast. Breeding males have a glossy green head, a narrow white collar, broad green and narrow white bands on the wings and a white flank patch. A distinctive feature of all brown teal is their blue-black bill and the narrow white ring around the eye. Their eyes are brown. Males give a soft whistle, and the female a low quack and growl.
Brown teal are often referred to as bush ducks, since they prefer stream and bushland habitats. They are reluctant flyers and are shallow divers, dabbling just below the surface for food. Their favourite food is invertebrates and they mainly feed in the evening or at night.
Breeding: Most brown teal breed from June to October but are able to breed at almost any time of the year.
They begin breeding at about 2 years of age and can lay clutches of up to 8 eggs. • Brown teal build a bowl-shaped nest near water, under the cover of dense tussocks or ferns, constructed with grasses lined with down. The female incubates the eggs about 30 days while the drake guards the nest - they are strongly territorial during breeding. Chicks fledge at an age of about 2 months. Brown teal pairs generally have stable relationships. The oldest known teal in the wild lived over 6 years.
Brown teal at Karori Sanctuary. 18 brown teal were initially released in 2000 and 2001. Breeding started from late 2002 and good productivity has resulted in increased competition for preferred wetland habitats and, because these habitats are limited in the Sanctuary, losses have occurred as a result.
Supplementary feeding of maize has been largely discontinued since early 2006 to reduce productivity and competition for territories.
Genetic analysis of the population in 2006-2007 should clarify whether or not there has been a loss of genetic diversity and whether additional birds need to be released into the population in future.
Active monitoring over the breeding season was ceased in 200x due to the fact that the population is self-sustaining.
Brown teal are readily seen on the lower and upper lakes. Being forest dwellers as well as water dwellers, some are being regularly seen at the kaka feeders below the upper dam at dusk and also at the southern end of the Faultline Track. The brown teal’s omnivorous diet, restricted annual range and mainly terrestrial lifestyle give it a unique ecological niche among waterfowl, somewhat akin to a wetland rodent, and it serves as a classic example of the influence of selective forces that operated on birds in pre-human New Zealand.
American Wigeon: Medium dabbling duck, brown body with white crown, large green ear patch extending to back of head, buff washed breast and sides, and white belly. White shoulder patches visible in flight. Black-tipped pale blue bill. Swift direct flight, strong wing beats. Flies in tight flocks.
American Wigeon: Opportunistic and aggressive feeder, often foraging in open water by stealing materials brought to the surface by diving ducks and coots. Feeds primarily on leafy aquatic plants, grass, and agricultural crops; also takes insects and other aquatic invertebrates.
The American Wigeon was formerly known as "Baldpate" because the white stripe on their crown resembles a bald man's head.
Their short bill enables them to exert more force at the bill tip than other dabbling ducks, thus permitting efficient dislodging and plucking of vegetation.
Their diet has a higher proportion of plant matter than the diet of any other dabbling duck.
A group of ducks has many collective nouns, including a "brace", "flush", "paddling", "raft", and "team" of ducks.