Tuesday, December 21, 2010

I can dig it.

Plenty of ducks turning up on island now with this cold snap heading across the UK. Last week I got great looks at a trio of shoveler. I like the detail on the bill in this shot of a young drake; you can see how its bill helps it feed pretty clearly - it almost looks like the baleen of a great whale.


shoveler1


Female ducks tend to look the same but even so its pretty obvious this is a shoveler.....

shoveler2


and a last shot of the pair together feeding........


shoveler3


Pretty ducks.

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