I've seen quite a few lifer water birds this year, I really like water birds, I think they are great photo subjects.
I've included waterfowl and gulls in this family group. As I am writing this post we are getting ready to leave to Churchill tomorrow, so it is a bit rushed.
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Franklin's Gull |
Hooded Mergansers were fairly common. This picture shows a male and a female, the male is showing off it's nice hood.
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male and female Hooded Mergansers |
I saw some Black Terns at Oak Hammock Marsh, a lifer.
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Black tern |
Blue-winged Teals were not lifers
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Blue-winged Teal |
A flock of cormorants
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Double-crested Cormorants |
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The only two Snow Geese I saw of the year so far, my brother got this picture |
Lesser Scaups were lifers
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A pair of Lesser Scaups |
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Buffleheads and a Blue-winged Teal |
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Northern Shoveler |
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Canvasbacks |
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American Coots |
Canada Geese are aplenty, goslings waddling around their parents
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Canada Geese with goslings. |
Pelicans are fairly common, soaring high in groups, easily identifiable. We got really close to some pelicans with Christian at Lockport.
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American White Pelican |
Pied-billed Grebes are not a lifer.
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Ring-billed Gulls are the most common, but Herring Gulls can also be seen, like this one at the Whiteshell
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Herring Gull |
Common Goldeneye's were the most common waterbird earlier on in spring migration. I learned that Goldeneyes can nest in trees while we were in WhiteShell
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female goldeneye climbing into tree hole |
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Common Goldeneye |
My brother got this really good picture of this Ring-billed Gull
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Ring-billed gull |
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Ring-billed Gulls flying |
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Canada Goose flying overhead |
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Ring-billed Gull |
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Mallards are very common |
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Common Mergansers |
A treat we saw this spring, Tundra Swans
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Tundra Swan |
Stay tuned for the next post.
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