NJ The Garden State's Birds
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A shoveler drake on the tack piece at Slimbridge Wetlands Centre, this was taken from the Stephen Kirk hide.
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata), is a medium sized duck. Breeding males have dark green head, white breast, and chestnut sides and belly.
An adult male Australasian Shoveler (Kuruwhengi), Mawaihakona Stream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The Kuruwhengi is a specialist filter-feeder using its large shovel-shaped bill to gather water and force-filter through fine lamellae (membrane) that extend along the edge of the upper mandible.
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This pair of Northern Shovelers were seen at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.
The green-headed drake leads in this picture.
I visited Greenway on Sunday. The water level is alarmingly low, but the shovelers were still hanging around. Got several flight captures of these ducks.
Northern shovelers look similar to mallards given just a glance since males have a green head and females are mottled brown, but then take a look at those large spatulate bills - that have a shovel shape. These lovely ducks will work their way out west into the Dakotas to nest.
A male shoveler showing off the curve of his bill in his reflection as he sails past.
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