Waterfowl

Northern Pintail drakes and 2 Mallards pairs

When I first started keeping my birding life list I started with Waterfowl. Waterfowl for me are the easiest of birds to identify. They are large birds, they come in many varieties and their field marks are easy to identify. That of course goes for the Drakes, female ducks are a bit more difficult. I have listed pictures of most of the ducks that visit Farmington Bay and I have tried to show pictures with both male Drake and female Duck of each species.

Mallard Drake and Duck

Northern Pintail Drake and Duck

Blue-winged Teal Drake and Duck

Bufflehead this is typical during courtship 6 Drakes courting one Duck

Canvasback Drake

Cinnamon Teal Drake and Duck

Gadwall courtship flight two Drakes courting one Duck

Common Goldeneye Drake

Common Goldeneye Duck

Waterfowl remain some of my favorite birds and one of the reasons I spend so much time at Farmington Bay. God was really showing his artistic side when he created waterfowl.

Green-winged Teal Drake

Hooded Merganser

Redhead two Drakes and on Duck

Ring-necked Duck and a hen Hooded Merganser

Ruddy Duck drake

Canvasback eight Drakes three Ducks

Lesser Scaup drake

Lesser Scaup Duck

Northern Shoveler courtship flight three Drakes and one Duck

American Wigeon two pair and two pair of Northern Pintails in the back

Wood Ducks Drake and Duck

Canada Goose males and females look alike

Tundra Swan males and females look alike

Graylag Goose (Europe)