Northern Shoveler - Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park by Zachariah.P
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Peaceful image of a Female Northern Shoveler at El Fondo Natural park in Spain
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Female Northern Shoveler creating a splash at El Fondo Natural park in Spain.
Just the usual winter lineup. Cormorants, pelicans, shovelers and a heron.
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Great Blue Heron ( Ardea Herodias)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
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And she seems very impressed.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cottonwood Park, Richardson, Tx
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One more time I asked her to turn around and pose for me. She lowered her wing, tucked one foot out of sight and turned to see if I liked that pose any better. I gave up after this shot.
Female Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cottonwood Park, Richardson, Tx
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
This is what I got. I just wanted her to turn around. Silly duck.
Female Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cottonwood Park, Richardson, Tx
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
I love winter ducks. Many of them have already migrated away from DFW. The shovelers stay here a bit longer than other species. They are starting to pair up & are in beautiful breeding colors. They will leave before nesting unfortunately. Enjoy them while you can.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
I guess that one female is standing guard while everyone else snoozes in the sun.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cottonwood Park, Richardson
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Two more ducks show up to join the pinwheel and it starts getting a bit more disorganized.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cottonwood Park, Richardson
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Shovelers will feed in a group where they circle faster and faster in a pinwheel. This is done in shallow water and it creates a vortex that brings up food from the bottom so all can eat. This was a small group of 4. Two males in breeding colors, one male in eclipse plumage and one female.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cottonwood Park, Richardson
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
This pair of shovelers were chilling on the banks and looked like an old married couple. She was trying to nap & keep an eye on him at the same time
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cottonwood Park Richardson Texas
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Because why should the drakes get all the love? I think she is lovely.
Female Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cottonwood Park Richardson Texas
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
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The wind died down and the ducks held still long enough for me to get a fairly decent reflection shot. What a good looking couple.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
They are demonstrating how they use those unique bills. They swim forward in the water with their bill plowing thru like a bulldozer (see her). The bill has comb-like teeth lining the outside edges and the water sluices thru these and filter tiny aquatic creatures and seeds. The teeth are called lamellae.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
These are obviously very important geese. Their escort of shovelers are hard at work sweeping for underwater mines.
Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
When cold fronts start coming thru, winter birds will return, like this female shoveler. No one has a bill like a shoveler, can't miss them.
Female Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
