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Aug 26, 2020 04:33:03 #
American Wigeon male - Mareca americana
This little guy was cruising and occasionally tipping up to snatch plants in the shallow water. They eat mostly plants, floating plants, bottom plants in shallow water and will graze on dry land. Their short bill is sharp on the tip for cutting off stems.
During breeding season they add insects and small aquatic creatures to their diet. Especially females laying eggs.
This image is early December in a park lake. Our area is a wintering zone for them.
They adapt to parks very well, especially when people don't obey the "Do Not Feed The Ducks" sign when they happily join the Mallards, Muscovey and other water birds at the park in mobbing the feed and the feeder.
7DII, 100-400L mk1 @ 400, 1/800 @ f/7.1, ISO-3200 hand held
This little guy was cruising and occasionally tipping up to snatch plants in the shallow water. They eat mostly plants, floating plants, bottom plants in shallow water and will graze on dry land. Their short bill is sharp on the tip for cutting off stems.
During breeding season they add insects and small aquatic creatures to their diet. Especially females laying eggs.
This image is early December in a park lake. Our area is a wintering zone for them.
They adapt to parks very well, especially when people don't obey the "Do Not Feed The Ducks" sign when they happily join the Mallards, Muscovey and other water birds at the park in mobbing the feed and the feeder.
7DII, 100-400L mk1 @ 400, 1/800 @ f/7.1, ISO-3200 hand held
Aug 26, 2020 05:32:49 #
Aug 26, 2020 06:08:27 #
Nice image and new (to me) bird. Thanks for posting.
Aug 26, 2020 06:54:00 #
Aug 26, 2020 15:16:37 #
Aug 26, 2020 15:17:10 #
MrBumps2U wrote:
Nice image and new (to me) bird. Thanks for posting.
Thanks, you are welcome.
Aug 26, 2020 15:19:38 #
joehel2 wrote:
Great photo of a duck I’ve never seen before. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks, you are welcome.
Aug 26, 2020 15:19:47 #
Look here for information about American Wigeons:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Wigeon/overview up at the top click on Maps and you get a bigger range map and a Sightings map tab. The sightings map zooms to show the whole world.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Wigeon/overview up at the top click on Maps and you get a bigger range map and a Sightings map tab. The sightings map zooms to show the whole world.
Aug 27, 2020 05:29:35 #
Aug 27, 2020 09:34:51 #
MrBumps2U wrote:
Nice image and new (to me) bird. Thanks for posting.
Same here. Thank you for sharing!
Aug 27, 2020 15:33:09 #
Aug 27, 2020 15:33:32 #
Aug 27, 2020 15:36:04 #
Aug 27, 2020 15:36:29 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Great shot enhanced by the information
Thanks, you are welcome
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