Taken the same day as the previous post, one of my better outings during the Winter. There didn't seem to be many adult males in full breeding plumage at the time, mostly juvenile males and females. I was still happy to get these shots, this species tends to favour more open ocean and greater expanses of water than what existed at this location at the time.
The title suggests this will probably be the theme of the blog for awhile until I clear my backlog of duck photos. These images were taken on a cold day in mid February as the background will indicate.
I haven't seen many Magnolia Warblers this Spring. This was one I was lucky enough to get an image of. Likely a second year male, he still doesn't have all the colours of the adult.
There had been a couple of drake Green-winged Teal hanging out in the local pond in late Spring. Along with the males, at least one female which is still hanging around. She is acting like she has a few young ones hanging out nearby although I haven't seen them. That would mean there has been at least 3 different duck species raising young in the pond this year.
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I have featured the drake Ring-necks in a post or two. Here is the female in her first showing this year, at least in any detail.
I have spent several days recently photographing Red-winged Blackbirds. They have moved into my neighborhood in the last couple of years so I have lots of opportunities to do so without going very far. In this case it is the female or females of several pairs that are nesting nearby.
My last day of doing Winter waterfowl photography although not the last pictures I'll be posting from this past Winter. I got up extra early to be at the site before sunrise only to be disappointed that the area was fogged in. Temperatures didn't get below freezing during the night even though it was during the last few days of February. Eventually the fog burned off but these images were taken before that happened. There are 3 species of Mergansers here and both male and female Hooded mergansers, possibly both juveniles. Can you tell the difference? Female Common Merganser and Red-breasted are featured as well.
