F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 320.
Northern Shoveler ( Female )
How do you know if there’s a snowman in your bed?
You wake up wet!
Interesting Fact: Northern shovelers feed by dabbling for plant food, often by swinging its bill from side to side and using the bill to strain food from the water. They use their highly specialized bill (from which their name is derived) to forage for aquatic invertebrates – a carnivorous diet. Their wide-flat bill is equipped with well-developed lamellae – small, comb-like structures on the edge of the bill that act like sieves, allowing the birds to skim crustaceans and plankton from the water’s surface. This adaptation, more specialized in shovelers, gives them an advantage over other puddle ducks, with which they do not have to compete for food resources during most of the year. Thus, mud-bottomed marshes rich in invertebrate life are their habitat of choices. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_shoveler#Behavior )
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I am very jealous.
Hehehe I am too. Thank you very much for stopping by and checking out my work. Happy Blogging! 🙂
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Great shot .. what a beak! 🙂
Yes the beak is quite amazing. Thank you very much and Happy Blogging ! 🙂
A great shot! and thanks for the info. I’ve never seen a Northern Shoveler before 🙂
I am glad that I am able to share them with you, they are quite interesting ducks. Thank you very much for stopping by and sharing your thoughts with us. Happy Blogging! 🙂