Lots of species in this
photo. Look for Canvasbacks with the rusty red heads,
and White-fronted Geese with the white behind the
beak. How many other species do you see?
Drake Wood Duck; central
Kansas.
Wood Ducks. In a park in
San Diego.
Wood Ducks, central
Kansas.
Wood Duck hen, central
Kansas
Common Mergansers, far
off.
Hooded Mergansers
Hooded Mergansers,
distant.
Bufflehead drake and
hen, Central Kansas
Better shot of the
male.
Goldeneye. Male. He's
pretty far off, grey day.
Goldeneye, male.
Redhead, male. Starting
to molt. Central KS.
Redhead drake and
hen.
Ring-necked Duck. Note
the ring around the beak. It also has a slight ring
around the neck, but it's difficult to see.
Ring-necked Ducks,
foreground. Green-winged Teal drake on left, Mallards
in the back.
Scaup sp. Probably a
Greater.
Scaup sp.
Lesser Scaup
Cinnamon Teal. Central
KS.
Green-winged Teal. Hard
to get good photos of them as they're quite
skittish.
Green-winged Teal,
drake.
Green-winged Teal hen,
dead on the water. Louisiana.
Blue-winged Teal. The
drake has the characteristic white crescent behind
the beak.
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winted Teal,
drake.
Pintail drakes and
hen.
Pintail drake and
hen.
More pintail drakes and
hens.
American Widgeon drake,
strutting his stuff.
Widgeon drake. You can
see why they're called "Baldpates."
Widgeon drake and hen.
Note the blue bills, too.
This hen Mallard just
had to get into the act.
Gadwall drake and
hen.
Good shot of a drake
Gadwall.
Mallards
More mallards on the
ice.
Hen Mallard with
young.
Drake Shoveler
Drake Shoveler and
Blue-winged Teal.
What a large bill you
have!
Ruddy Ducks. All
hens.
More Ruddy Ducks. Drake
with cinamon back.
Better view of drake
Ruddy Duck, though distant.
Maybe they're
Redheads.
Canvasbacks, early
morning in a pond in central KS.