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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck photographed near Anahuac, TX on 16 April 2025.
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This is an all bird account now!
Lake Martin - Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
Dendrocygna autumnalis, Galveston Island, Texas, April 2025, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
For a duck's life of luxury.
Photographed 29 October 2024, Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Arthur, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Dendrocygna autumnalis, Central Texas, April 2025, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis, Central Texas, April 2025, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis, Central Texas, April 2025, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
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The Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, formerly called the Black-Bellied Tree Duck, is a Whistling Duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South America. In the US, it can be found year-round in peninsular Florida, parts of southeast Texas, and seasonally in southeast Arizona, and Louisiana's Gulf Coast. It is a rare breeder in such disparate locations as Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina, though it is now a common breeder in parts of central Florida. There is a large population of several hundred that winter each year in Audubon Park in uptown New Orleans, Louisiana. Since it is one of only two whistling duck species native to North America, it is occasionally just known as the "Whistling Duck" or "Mexican Squealer" in the southern USA.
The created Wakodahatchee Wetlands feature a three-quarter mile elevated, wood boardwalk with gazebos and benches along the way and which crosses between open water pond areas and islands with shrubs and snags to foster nesting and roosting. This site offers many opportunities to observe birds in their natural habitats, but during this time it is predominantly a home to a couple of hundred wood storks roosting/nesting on snags, with some within easy reach to even the smallest telephoto lenses. In addition to the wood storks, over 178 bird species have been identified there, along with turtles, alligators, rabbits, fish, frogs and raccoons. Of some note are the invasive and photogenic iguanas cohabitating with the storks. Each day, the Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department’s Southern Region Water Reclamation Facility pumps approximately two million gallons of 90% treated water into the Wakodahatchee Wetlands. This water, which is free of organic contaminants but still contains excess minerals, is naturally purified by the plants and algae in the wetlands and then released into the surface water supply.
Additional information on Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks may be found on Wikipedia.
Additional information on the Wakodahatchee Wetlands may be found on Wikipedia.
