#americanwigeon — Public Fediverse posts
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American Wigeon (duck) standing on a rock. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California, USA. February, 2025. OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 300mm F4 + MC14. #bolsachicaecologicalreserve #duck #wigeon #americanwigeon #bird #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography
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At Whitaker Ponds Nature Park, late afternoon brings a sudden frigid wind across the fetch of the pond. Among the rafts of ducks, a tucked-down cluster of #AmericanWigeon; several exotically gaudy #HoodedMerganser males, pied and crested; and a lone female #CommonGoldeneye lifting her brown head from the water. A #EurasianCollaredDove pair courses overhead. A camouflaged #BrownCreeper spirals up a tree trunk - glad I can still detect its sweet, high-frequency call notes!
#Birding #BirdsOf2024 -
#Female #birds often have different, and less #showy, #plumage than #males.
This female American #Wigeon is an example when compared to the male’s bold, green head #feathers.Get a print or other item with this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/female-american-wigeon-swimming-towards-reeds-and-mangroves-heron-and-fox.html
#AmericanWigeon, #MarecaAmericana, #Duck, #MINWR, #MerrittIsland, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Waterfowl, #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph
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Never noticed this before, but on a wetland visit yesterday it struck me that the #Gadwall flocks are suddenly out of anonymous eclipse plumage and back into their dapper grays for breeding - but none of the other #ducks are. They are on different schedules! Now I wonder why. Sibley guide does give time frames for initiating breeding plumage: Sep for Gadwall, Oct for #AmericanWigeon, #Mallard, & #GreenWingedTeal, Nov for #NorthernPintail, and not until Dec for #NorthernShoveler.