This handsome fellow is one of my favorite dabbling ducks. The Northern Pintail can be found wintering at my favorite birding spots like Reifel and
Tag: Anatidae
Green-winged Teal [Anas crecca] ~ 2016 #35
Burnaby Lake is one of my favorite places to go to get a good dose of nature. Super handy that it’s just a 5 minute
Wood Duck [Aix sponsa] ~ #29
The Wood Duck is a fabulous looking duck. I love the colours on the drake, some black and white accents with everything in between. He
Barrow’s Goldeneye [Bucephala islandica] ~ 2016 #28
Usually when we make a visit to Stanley Parks’ Lost Lagoon we venture over to Second Beach. On this day we encountered some Barrow’s Goldeneye.
Lesser Scaup [Aythya affinis] ~ 2016 #24
According to allaboutbirds.org the Lesser Scaup is one of the most abundant and widespread of the diving ducks in North America. Indeed they can be
Mute Swan [Cygnus olor] ~ 2016 #23
Mute Swans are not indigenous to this area, but there are some that arrived over 100 years ago. Over the past year I’ve seen photos
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