Birds Ducks and Geese

Muscovy Duck, South Pardre Island, Texas
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Just discovered this very cool thread, and my thanks to Bill (@Bill in Texas) for starting it.
My contribution is a male mallard I glimpsed in a large stream here in southern Oregon.j

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And since mallards are of course "dabbling ducks" - I was also capture him in mid-dabble---

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Northern shovelers, taking a break from their busy daily activities (which largely consist of 'shoveling' their large bills down underwater for food as they swim about)

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Then it's back out onto the river--

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And shoveling once again--

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At my local (large) neighborhood pond (really more of a small lake), everyone was out today...
The Mallards--

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The Wigeons (and their friend, a Coot)--

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And, speaking of Coots, the various pond weeds were on the tasty side as well--

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