Some Unknown (To me) Birds from Yesterday Morning
Mar 14, 2024 18:17:06 #
125-150 feet from the road. Floating around happily in a flooded farmer's field near my Indiana place 
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Mar 14, 2024 19:58:43 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Northern Shovelers. Nice find Joe
In Indiana, swimming around some swampy field.
I never saw any before, of course I wouldn't know if I had
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Mar 15, 2024 15:54:45 #
kpmac wrote:
Also known as Spoonbills, Joe. Nice set.
I thought spoonbills were pink/pinkish-white, with spoon-shaped bills
One of my walking buddies, who is an avid hunter (
), identified them this morning as Northern Shovelers. Thinking he was just overcome with blood-lust, I looked it up and:https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Shoveler/id
Mar 15, 2024 16:54:57 #
prcb1949
Loc: Ex Zimbabwe - Now UK
joecichjr wrote:
125-150 feet from the road. Floating around happily in a flooded farmer's field near my Indiana place
Yep Northern Shoveler's two males and a female at the bottom.
Mar 15, 2024 19:53:46 #
prcb1949 wrote:
Yep Northern Shoveler's two males and a female at the bottom.
I know birds like I know biochemistry, so thank you
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