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| 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 |
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| Blue-winged Teal Drake and Duck |
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| Bufflehead this is typical during courtship 6 Drakes courting one Duck |
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| Canvasback Drake |
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| Cinnamon Teal Drake and Duck |
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| Gadwall courtship flight two Drakes courting one Duck |
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| Common Goldeneye Drake |
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| Common Goldeneye Duck |
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| Green-winged Teal Drake |
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| Hooded Merganser |
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| Redhead two Drakes and on Duck |
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| Ring-necked Duck and a hen Hooded Merganser |
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| Ruddy Duck drake |
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| Canvasback eight Drakes three Ducks |
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| Lesser Scaup drake |
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| Lesser Scaup Duck |
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| Northern Shoveler courtship flight three Drakes and one Duck |
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| American Wigeon two pair and two pair of Northern Pintails in the back |
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| Wood Ducks Drake and Duck |
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| Canada Goose males and females look alike |
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| Tundra Swan males and females look alike |
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| Graylag Goose (Europe) |
3 comments:
Great duck photos. I also started learning birds by going to the local lake with a field guide and sorting out the ducks.
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Mati, thanks for visiting. I would be honored.
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