Carolyn
It started to rain. I stayed. And was glad I did. The bubbles! :)
MikeFA 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
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Grant Park, LI, NY
12/14/25
#birds #birding #birdphotography #waterfowl #northernshovelers #biodiversity #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Heron&Fox PhotoA 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
Oberflächenspannung#NorthernShovelers are such beautiful ducks!
Christine BeetonI finally get all my ducks in a row and one is facing the wrong direction 🤦
#NorthernShovelers #Ducks #Birds #BirdsOfTexas #Birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Liz Wood#NorthernShovelers #cooperatively feeding in a foggy #CentralPark #NYC today. They are filter feeders, with strainer-like combs (#lamellae) similar to the #baleen found in some #whales.
handmade ghostThere were an uncanny number of these flotillas of Northern shovelers dining on the lake yesterday--weird and wonderful to see. #ducks #NorthernShovelers #AmateurBirding #SouthernOregon #Birding #EveryDayImShoveling