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They were on a brunch date.
Pair of American Wigeon (Anas Americana)
Cottonwood Park, Richardson Texas
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Love getting to look down into this nest at those wonderful eggs. The parent was carefully turning them.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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They were having a discussion about stick placement in the nest they were beginning to build. They were standing on the platform of the nest.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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A new pair at the rookery. They are both still in breeding colors. That bright green will go back to yellow once there are eggs in the nest they were standing on.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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"The joy of life is amplified when we share a moment with someone who truly understands and appreciates its significance." - Unknown
So many pretty winter ducks at this park.
Male Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Male & Female American Wigeon (Anas Americana)
Cottonwood Park, Richardson
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A brace of Southern Turbostar Class 171 Diesel Multiple Units approach London Bridge Station.
2 Networker Class 365 electric multiple units coupled together at London Kings Cross Station.
The 365s were the last units built at York before its closure as a train manufacturing factory in 1995.
The units are fitted with Tightlock couplers - detail can be seen in the photo.
365520 (On the left in this photo) was damaged in a collision with a Land Rover at Nairns User-Worked Crossing in August 2016
Two couples hanging out together. Mr. & Mrs. Shoveler with Mr. & Mrs. Wigeon.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
American Wigeon (Anas Americana)
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The female was smaller than her mate. I believe she is a mallard x Muscovy hybrid. Her head and beak and body shape is that of a large mallard but the iridescent feathers on her wings and back are like a Muscovy. She was a pretty little duck. You can see the blue paint on her mate. Her mate has a curly tail which is a male field mark.
American Pekin Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)
Mallard x Muscovy Duck (Anas platyrhynchos × cairina moschata)
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This is an odd duck couple that I see in the creek below me as I walk to the gateway into the fish hatchery. This is the large white male of the pair. Only when looking at this photo did I realize he has blue paint splatters in several places. The female beside him is smaller & seems to be a Mallard x Muscovy hybrid.
American Pekin Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)
Mallard x Muscovy Duck (Anas platyrhynchos × cairina moschata)
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She was completely hidden behind her mate. I didn't know she was there until her head popped up. You can see a tiny hint of the green speculum on the male. And his red eyes.
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
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The female of the pair was swimming just a little behind the male. I had to wait for them to get enough separation to capture them solo. The light where she was added some silver highlights to the golden.
Female American Wigeon (Anas Americana)
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I got to the park right after a dense fog advisory had been lifted but the clouds were still winning the battle with the sun. The light was constantly changing which made for interesting water colors and also kept changing the colors of the birds. This is a male American Wigeon. There was a large group of them and many were paired up already. He was coming into his breeding colors and looked beautiful in the diffuse light.
Male American Wigeon (Anas Americana)
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Here are both the male and female together. At this angle the light is no longer golden and you cannot see the iridescence on the male's head.
Pair of American Wigeon (Anas Americana)
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They finally started swimming away with one following the other.
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
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I didn't know there was a second nutria in the nearby water until the one I was watching suddenly ran over, jumped in the water and started playing with the other one. They were not fighting, they were playing, rolling around and wrestling.
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
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As I was watching the 2 nutria swim away, one of them paused to turn around and look at me. I managed to get a shot of that look back. You can see the other nutria in the top left hand corner of this shot. Then they both disappeared into the rushes.
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
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The more I watched them, the more I realized they were not juveniles but adults, probably the parents of the young ones I saw 2 weeks ago.
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
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As I slowly followed them from a distance, the two swam away in the marshy duckweed. This little cove and marshy area is a perfect habitat for them.
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
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