#waterfowl — Public Fediverse posts

A few Northern Shovelers, the "Jimmy Durantes" of waterfowl. These ducks have keratin comb-like structures within their bills (as do other ducks) that they use to filter-feed in a manner similar to baleen whales. Hence their name, descriptive of their feeding technique: they paddle along with their bill under water, filtering small organisms in the water column or from the mud. The ducks in the first two photos are males. In the last photo, the first and last two birds in flight are males and the second two are females.
Grant Park, LI, NY
12/14/25
#birds #birding #birdphotography #waterfowl #northernshovelers #biodiversity #wildlife #wildlifephotography

🌏 Australian shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) #AustralianBirds | #AustralianShelduck #ChestnutBreastedShelduck #MountainDuck #Shelducks #Ducks #Waterfowl | #birds🦜 #birdsoftheworld

Female #mallard #ducks.
Lots of #duckweed on the lake.

#Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #VancouverIsland #wildlife #birds #waterfowl #BottomsUp #FluffyButts #avian #UrbanWildlife #estuary #Nature #PNW

Avian #Influenza Virus and Avian #Paramyxoviruses in Wild #Waterfowl of the Western Coast of the #Caspian Sea (2017–2020), Viruses: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/4/598

The following subtypes were determined and whole-genome nucleotide sequences of the isolated strains were obtained: #H1N1 (n = 2), #H3N8 (n = 8), #H4N6 (n = 2), #H7N3 (n = 2), #H8N4 (n = 1), #H10N5 (n = 1), and #H12N5 (n = 1). No high pathogenicity influenza virus H5 subtype was detected.

Avian #Influenza Virus and Avian #Paramyxoviruses in Wild #Waterfowl of the Western Coast of the #Caspian Sea (2017–2020), Viruses: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/4/598

The following subtypes were determined and whole-genome nucleotide sequences of the isolated strains were obtained: #H1N1 (n = 2), #H3N8 (n = 8), #H4N6 (n = 2), #H7N3 (n = 2), #H8N4 (n = 1), #H10N5 (n = 1), and #H12N5 (n = 1). No high pathogenicity influenza virus H5 subtype was detected.

#Isolation and genetic #characteristics of Novel #H4N1 Avian #Influenza viruses in #ChongQing, #China, Virol J.: https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-024-02352-8

Our research once again demonstrates the significant role of wild and domesticated #waterfowl in the #reassortment process of avian influenza virus, enriching the research on the H4 subtype of AIV, and emphasizing the importance of proactive #monitoring the #environment related to avian influenza virus.

A male Northern #Shoveler #duck at the Merritt Island #NationalWildlifeRefuge.
#NorthernShovelers have a large number of color morphs depending on sex, season, age, and sometimes even region.

This Shoveler is swimming in the calm ponds of #MINWR.

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#SpatulaClypeata, #Waterfowl, #BirdsOfMastodon #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph

Black-necked #Stilts spend only a short time in their breeding areas, like Central #Florida, before migrating back to their normal range.
This #juvenile #BlackNeckedStitl is running through the #marsh.
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#HimantopusMexicanus, #Waterfowl, #JuvenileBird, #Bird, #Waterfowl, #Photography

New genus of ancient #waterfowl discovered. Researchers find eleven million year old #fossils found in southern Germany’s #Hammerschmiede clay pit https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/new-genus-of-ancient-waterfowl-discovered/ #uni_tue #Ornithology #Palaeoenvironment #Geosciences #Palaeobiology @[email protected] @[email protected]