Some Feathered Friends at a Local Lake

[larryj]

Northern Shoveler

Mud Duck, aka American Coot

Mallard Drake

Canada goose

 

[KevinA]

Lovely series Larry with the American Coot being my pick followed by the Northern Shoveler.

 

[AlanLichty]

Fun set - I like the mallard drake and the shoveler.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Shoveler for me

 

[larryj]

Lovely series Larry with the American Coot being my pick followed by the Northern Shoveler.

Thanks Kevin for the nice comments, appreciated. My favorite is the American coot. I always thought they were an ugly, worthless bird. This image
shows the bird close up and in great detail and it has a lot of character and color I was not expecting.

 

[larryj]

Fun set - I like the mallard drake and the shoveler.

Thanks Alan comments appreciated. My favorite was the mud duck!

 

[larryj]

Shoveler for me

Thanks Ben!

 

[JimFox]

So the black duck with the white on it's bill is called a Mud Duck. I have gotten photos of those ones once in a while, but never knew what they were. so thanks!

Very nice captures Larry. That's a pretty good variety I think for one lake.

 

[larryj]

So the black duck with the white on it's bill is called a Mud Duck. I have gotten photos of those ones once in a while, but never knew what they were. so thanks!

Very nice captures Larry. That's a pretty good variety I think for one lake.

Hi Jim: The Northern Shovelers are migratory and come through here every spring for a few weeks. The other birds are locals that stay here year round.