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The Dabbling Duck Public House.
The village of Great Massingham sits in the Norfolk countryside between Kings Lynn and Fakenham, the parish church is dedicated to St Mary and sits in the middle of the village, its dates back to the 13th century. The village is notable for the number of ponds it has, two large ones in the village centre and more on the outskirts.
RAF Great Massingham was a World War II era RAF Heavy Bomber airfield located just to the east of the village. The airfield was built as a satellite airfield of RAF West Raynham in 1940. The airfield closed in 1945, although remained in use for storage until the 1950s.
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These dabbling ducks can be found in northern and central Eurasia; wintering to Africa and southern Asia.
Male 45 cm length
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This dabbling duck specie's bill is equipped with comb-like projections along its edges.
Wintering at Whitewater Draw, Cochise County, south-central Arizona.
I dabbled with clay making a few years back and made a few of these little houses. this one had little ferns embedded in it HMM : )
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My favourite Dabbling Duck, the Wood Duck. One of the most vividly coloured ducks in the world. Wood Ducks were hunted to near extinction in the late 1800's into the early 1900's, however with conservation efforts, their numbers have rebounded. I love happy endings ❤ Wood Ducks have many names, but the one that suits them the best is Squealer Duck, and if you've heard them fly in, you would know why.
Three males just landed on our pond this morning. This is an old favourite,
Canon 1DX, F9, 1/1000, ISO 500
The Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) is a flamboyant and colorful species of North American waterfowl. Wood Ducks feed by dabbling and they are strong fliers and can reach speeds of 30 mph. They are one of only a few ducks that have claws on their feet, allowing them to perch and nest in trees. They tend to build their nests within one mile of a lake shore, river bank, or other body of water. Egg-dumping, or intraspecific brood parasitism is common in Wood Ducks—females visit other Wood Duck cavities, lay eggs in them, and leave them to be raised by the other female. This may have been made more common by the abundance and conspicuousness of artificial nest boxes; in some areas it happens in more than half of all nests. Individual females typically lay 10-11 eggs per clutch, but some very full nests have been found containing 29 eggs, the result of egg-dumping. Wood Duck populations increased between 1966 and 2015 according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. This is good news considering their dramatic declines in the late 19th century. This handsome pair was photographed at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas.
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Mum and one of her two youngsters which have survived to a good size on their home on the Island Pool at Dunham Park
The Ruddy Duck is a dabbling duck! Both are fun to watch. Diving ducks being down under the water lots of the time!
Ducks, which along with the swans and geese belong to the family Anatidae, can be divided into three types: the dabbling ducks, the diving ducks, and the sea ducks/mergansers. Representatives of each of these ducks can be seen in Florida.
I love all God's ducks!
There were two drakes together, but I liked this shot best. Cinnamon Teal drake, Siskiyou County, California
Quiet lakes and wetlands come alive with the breezy whistle of the American Wigeon (Mareca americana), a dabbling duck with pizzazz. Breeding males have a green eye patch and a conspicuous white crown, earning them the nickname "baldpate". Noisy groups congregate during fall and winter, plucking plants with their short gooselike bill from wetlands and fields or nibbling plants from the water's surface. The American Wigeon is often found feeding with diving ducks such as the Redhead, Scaup, and Canvasback, who are adept at rooting up vegetation from deep in the water. The American Wigeon often feeds by snatching these underwater greens away from the diving ducks as they surface.
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The mallards are returning to Wildwood Park, feasting on duckweed in the canal. While this hen dabbled in the usual way for her meal, her mate preferred to slide into his food. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
A dabble into indoor still life. Not planned at all, in fact I just happened by the dining room as the morning sun streamed in. A quick click or two and here's the result.
SOOC, no tripod.
The gadwall (Anas strepera) is a common and widespread dabbling duck..
The gadwall is a bird of open wetlands, such as prairie or steppe lakes, wet grassland or marshes with dense fringing vegetation, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food with head submerged. It nests on the ground, often some distance from water. It is not as gregarious as some dabbling ducks outside the breeding season and tends to form only small flocks. This is a fairly quiet species; the male has a hoarse whistling call, and the female has a mallard-like quack. The young birds are fed insects at first; adults also eat some molluscs and insects during the nesting season. The gadwall is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Currently, the gadwall is listed as least concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.Populations have increased approximately 2.5% over the course of 49 years (from 1966 to 2010), and continue to grow. Gadwalls are one of the most hunted duck species (3rd to the mallard and green-winged teal), with 1.7 million shot each year. Because of the efforts of Ducks Unlimited and other private conservation groups, the species continues to be sustainably hunted
I have been dabbling in taking studio portraits and I was happy with the outcome of this image of Mercedes. I think it is going to take some time for me to get proficient at this sort of photography, but keep trying I will.
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The Archives Revisited.
November 2006.
Another look back to 14 years ago and this time a 2nd trip back to Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.
Another view of a male Eurasian Teal.
The Eurasian Teal, also known as the Teal or Common Teal, is the smallest dabbling duck in Europe.
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This dabbling duck is 42–52 cm (17–20 in) long with a 71–80 cm (28–31 in) wingspan, and a weight of 500–1,073 g (1.102–2.366 lb). The breeding male has grey flanks and back, with a black rear end, a dark green speculum and a brilliant white patch on upper wings, obvious in flight or at rest. It has a pink breast, white belly, and a chestnut head with a creamy crown. In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage, the drake looks more like the female. The female is light brown, with plumage much like a female American wigeon. It can be distinguished from most other ducks, apart from American wigeon, on shape. However, that species has a paler head and white axillaries on its underwing. The female can be a rufous morph with a redder head, and a gray morph with a more gray head.
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Buckley’s Hole Conservation Park at Bribie Island
Bongaree, Queensland, Australia,
The Australian wood duck, maned duck or maned goose (Chenonetta jubata) is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. It is the only living species in the genus Chenonetta. Traditionally placed in the subfamily Anatinae (dabbling ducks), it might belong to the subfamily Tadorninae (shelducks); the ringed teal may be its closest living relative.
At the end of January 2025 I spent the morning at WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.
The task for the morning was to get some images of Northern Shovelers in flight.
The Northern Shoveler is my favourite Duck that we see in the UK.
The Northern Shoveler, or Shoveler, is a Dabbling Duck and is common in northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America.
The Shovelers bill has developed a comb like structure on its edges which acts like a sieve to filter out food from the water's.
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 name "bald plate." Females are brushed in warm browns with a gray-brown head and a smudge around the eye. Noisy groups congregate during fall and winter, plucking plants with their short goose-like bill from wetlands and fields or nibbling plants from the water's surface. Despite being common, their populations are declining. The best time to see American Wigeons in the Lower 48 is from August through April. The oldest American Wigeon reported was at least 21 years and 4 months old. (allaboutbirds.org)
Saw this dazzling duck at Irvine Park, in southern California.
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The mallard or wild duck (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 0.7–1.6 kg (1.5–3.5 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 domestic ducks.
The female lays eight to 13 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 considered to be a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Unlike many waterfowl, mallards are considered an invasive species in some regions. It is a very adaptable species, being able to live and even thrive in urban areas which may have supported more localised, sensitive species of waterfowl before development. The non-migratory mallard interbreeds with indigenous wild ducks of closely related species through genetic pollution by producing fertile offspring. Complete hybridisation of various species of wild duck gene pools could result in the extinction of many indigenous waterfowl. The wild mallard is the ancestor of most domestic ducks, and its naturally evolved wild gene pool gets genetically polluted by the domestic and feral mallard populations.
The Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) is a flamboyant and colorful species of North American waterfowl. Wood Ducks feed by dabbling and they are strong fliers and can reach speeds of 30 mph. They are one of only a few ducks that have claws on their feet, allowing them to perch and nest in trees. They tend to build their nests within one mile of a lake shore, river bank, or other body of water. Egg-dumping, or intraspecific brood parasitism is common in Wood Ducks—females visit other Wood Duck cavities, lay eggs in them, and leave them to be raised by the other female. This may have been made more common by the abundance and conspicuousness of artificial nest boxes; in some areas it happens in more than half of all nests. Individual females typically lay 10-11 eggs per clutch, but some very full nests have been found containing 29 eggs, the result of egg-dumping. Wood Duck populations increased between 1966 and 2015 according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. This is good news considering their dramatic declines in the late 19th century. This Magnificent Wood Duck Drake swims across White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas.
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Weardale dabbled in Ailsas when its venerable PD3s came to the end of their working lives. It bought two Alexander-bodied examples and turned them out its very smart fleet livery, but only ran one. I rode on it once - my induction to these fine machines twenty years after they came onto the market - and what a fine performer it was. Sadly there were to be no more Ailsas in the fleet, perhaps because the 83-seat ex-Busways Leyland Atlanteans were a more attractive proposition for the school contracts on which the double-deck fleet was almost exclusively employed. This image shows what a Northern Counties-bodied Ailsa would have looked like in Weardale livery. It's based on an ex-Cardiff Ailsa photographed by David Little at 2008 Meadowhall rally. Rally views are rarely a good starting point and this one was particularly difficult, with all the interior detail obscured by reflections from adjacent vehicles. The only way of dealing with these reflections was to apply a condensation effect to the windows - giving the impression of a cold winter's day, hence the background selected. The bus on the left of one of the ex-Lothian Alexander-bodied Olympians (05-Nov-10).
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Two mottled ducks returning to the water.
The mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) or mottled mallard is a medium-sized dabbling duck. It is intermediate in appearance between the female mallard and the American black duck. It is closely related to those species, and is sometimes considered a subspecies of the former, but this is inappropriate (see systematics).
There are two distinct populations of mottled ducks. One population, A. fulvigula maculosa (mottled duck), lives on the Gulf of Mexico coast between Alabama and Tamaulipas (Mexico); outside the breeding season individual birds may venture as far south as to Veracruz. The other, A. fulvigula fulvigula (Florida duck), is resident in central and south Florida and occasionally strays north to Georgia. The same disjunct distribution pattern was also historically found in the local sandhill cranes.
Along the Gulf of Mexico coast, the mottled duck is one of the most frequently banded waterfowl. This is due in part to the fact that it is mostly non-migratory. Approximately one out of every twenty mottled ducks is banded, making it an extremely prized and sought after bird among hunters. - Wikipedia
I have dabbled with Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) before. And I have been wanting to give it a try again. A recent YouTube video I watched by @visualisingscotland gave me the inspiration to try it with the emerging Fall colors. We are still in early days with the color here in southeast Texas but I was happy with the result. These are some cypress tress along a small pond in the area.
At the end of January 2025 I spent the morning at WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.
The task for the morning was to get some images of Northern Shovelers in flight.
The Northern Shoveler is my favourite Duck that we see in the UK.
The Northern Shoveler, or Shoveler, is a Dabbling Duck and is common in northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America.
The Shovelers bill has developed a comb like structure on its edges which acts like a sieve to filter out food from the water's.
Sandwich, Kent, England.
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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A solitary bluewing teal dabbles in the shallows as the sun begins to cast an orange glow through the trees and onto the wetlands along Bryants Creek at the Clarence Cannon NWR
Quiet lakes and wetlands come alive with the breezy whistle of the American Wigeon (Mareca americana), a dabbling duck with pizzazz. Breeding males have a green eye patch and a conspicuous white crown, earning them the nickname "baldpate". Noisy groups congregate during fall and winter, plucking plants with their short gooselike bill from wetlands and fields or nibbling plants from the water's surface. The American Wigeon is often found feeding with diving ducks such as the Redhead, Scaup, and Canvasback, who are adept at rooting up vegetation from deep in the water. The American Wigeon often feeds by snatching these underwater greens away from the diving ducks as they surface. This image of a beautiful drake was captured at a small park in Plano, Texas.
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I usually don't dabble in these type of abstract images, but this one looked cool. It was taken in a car wash as the water was splashing on the windshield. The red light is an "X" telling me not to move forward. In a sense it is a decisive moment photo, as the ones taken just before and after look totally different. Photography never ceases to amaze me.
"A dabbling duck that make shallow dives and tips-up. Fulvous whistling ducks are filter-feeders that eat rice and other water plants....Fulvous whistling ducks have long legs and necks, giving them a distinct profile when flying. When seen standing, fulvous whistling ducks look more goose-like, and actually, they are more closely related to geese than ducks. The male and female look alike with a tawny brown head, chest and belly and darker brown wings and back. Their white-tipped feathers form a silvery border between the belly and wings, and they have a blue-gray bill." myfwc.com/wildhabitats