Water Birds

These are our photographs of waterbirds. They are organized by type, using vaguely the same configuration as found in Ken Kaufman's Focus Guide (the field guide we always have in our pocket)

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1.   Ducks
Mallard male, Yorkshire, England. 5/06	Mallard mother and family, Tennessee. 4/05	Mallard male, Rockport, TX. 1/08	American Black Duck, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 8/05	Mottled Ducks, Rockport, RX. 1/08	Pair of Wigeon, Vancouver Island, BC. 11/06
Female Wigeon, Pt. Aransas, TX. 1/08	Gadwall, Austin TX. 12/05	Lesser Scaup, Austin TX. 12/05	Lesser Scaup, Balmorhea State Park, TX. 11/07	Ring-necked Duck pair, San Francisco CA. 12/06	Ring-n ecked Duck San Francisco CA. 12/06
Ring-neck and Mallard for comparison	Canvasback, Corte Madera marsh, CA. 12/06	Redhead male, Lewiston, ID. 5/7	Redhead male, Rockport, TX. 1/08	Male Wood Duck, Lewiston, ID. 5/07	Ruddy Duck, Pt. Reyes NS, CA. 12/06
Female Ruddy Duck, Pt. Aransas, TX. 1/08	Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Pt. Aransas, TX. 1/06	Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Roport, TX. 1/08	Blue-winged Teal, Lewiston, ID. 5/07	Blue-winged Teal pair, Brazos Bend State Park, TX. 2/08	Green-winged Teal male, Pt. Aransas, TX. 1/08
Green-winged teal female, Pt. Aransas, TX. 1/08	Northern Pintail, Corpus Christi, TX. 1/08	Northern Shoveller male, Rio Grande, Salineño, TX. 2/06	Northern Shoveller female, Corpus Christi, TX. 1/08	Odd duck, S. Harris, Scotland. 6/06	Red-breasted Merganser, Morro Bay, CA. 12/06
Pair of Harlequin Ducks, Vancouver Island, BC. 11/06	Male Harlequin Ducks, Vancouver Island, BC. 11/06	Eider Duck off Maine coast. 4/06	Flock of Eider Ducks, Biddeford Pool, ME. 4/06
2.   Geese
Canada Geese, Mississippi River. 4/05	Canada Geese, Snake River, ID. 5/07	Curious young Canada Goose, Victoria, BC. 6/07	Brant wintering in Morro Bay, CA. 12/06	Snow Geese, Edwin Forsythe NWR, NJ. 9/05	Snow Geese, Texas Rte 35. 2/08
Greylag Goose family, York (England) city park, 5/06	Greylag Goose, S. Harris (Scotland) 6/06	Magpie Geese, Australia. 10/02	Goosey looking Muscovy Duck, Goose Island, TX. 1/06
3.  Swans
Mute Swan pair, Cape May, NJ. 9/05	Trumpeter Swans in cornfield, Courtenay BC. 11/06	Mature and young Trumpeter, Courtenay, BC. 11/06
4.  Pond Swimmers
Coots, Arkansas. 4/05	Coot, Balmorhea State Park, Texas. 11/07	Dusky Swamphen , Australia. 10/02	Common Moorhen, Brazos Bend State Park, TX. 2/08	Moorhen and Turtle, Brazos Bend State Park, TX. 2/08
5.  Grebes and other Swimmers
Pied-billed Grebe, Bosque del Apache, NM. 4/07	Pied-billed and Western Grebes, Morro Bay, CA. 11/07	Western Grebe, Oregon coast. 9/06	Western Grebe, Bear River Migratory Refuge, UT. 4/07	Pair of Clark's Grebes, Bear River Migratory Refuge, UT. 4/07	Common Loon, Fairbanks, AK 7/07