American Waterfowl 3

Date: 2013
Location: USFWS Wildlife Refuges across the USA
CU Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) – male – preening
MS Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)(male and female) in water among reeds
MS Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) standing at water’s edge (male) preening
MS Cinnamon Teal pair in shallow water
WS Cinnamon Teal pair courtship display in water, males fight
MS Blue-winged Teal pair at water’s edge, late evening light
CU Blue-winged Teal male feeding in water
Blue-winged Teal on mud flats
MS,CU Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) male in shallow water
MS Redhead (Aythya Americana ) male in water w/green cattails
MS,CU Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) male courtship displaying
MS Group of Mallards(Anas platyrhynchos) in water feeding
WS Flocks of Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) taking off from marsh
MS,WS Pintails(Anas acuta) and Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) loafing in wetland
WS Flocks take off from wetland
CU Pintail (Anas acuta) pair swimming in wetland
CU Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) , male takes a bath, female follows
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