Male Mallard Duck with his pretty green head feathers.
Female Mallard Duck.
I have not been able to get a confirmed identification on these two girls. The black beaks mean they are NOT female Mallards. Consensus seems to be they are Teals - possibly Blue-winged Teals, but I am not 100% confident.
Male Ruddy Duck - it's hard to see, but his beak is a bright blue color in this photo. Can you imagine if YOUR nose turned blue when you were "in season?"
Female Ruddy Duck
Here she is with her babies.
Soooo cute - I love the single water droplet balanced on this little baby's head!
And one more shot just because baby ducks are so irresistable!
A pair of Double-crested Cormorants.
A Snowy Egret showing off his yellow feet.
One of our local raptors making a fly-by...
...a Red-Tailed Hawk.
This was my lifer for the day...
...a female Nuttall's Woodpecker!
She was nice enough to let me get quite a few photos...
,,,and even showed off her bug-catching skills!
Yum!
KJ
5 comments:
I especially liked that male Ruddy Duck portrait, but all are beautiful!
Lovely series of bird images.Love the flight shots
Ducks and woodpeckers - that's pretty much a perfect post. I often wonder how far people would go to see Mallard if they were not common - the makes are cracking looking birds.
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Funny baby ducks ;-)
Céline & Philippe
Nice shot of the NUWO!!!!! I've only seen that bird once. As for the teals, I think you are correct. The only other birds they could be are Mallard mutts. But they look good for teal. Congrats on the lifer!
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