F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 220.
Brant Goose
What did the big flower say to the little one?
You’re really growing, bud!
Interesting Fact: The oldest recorded Brant was a female, and was over 27 years, 6 months old. It had been banded in Alaska and was found in Washington. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brant )
F/9.0, 1/250, ISO 320.
Ring-necked Ducks
Two friends are talking:
Bobby: Where will you be in two years?
Tommy: I don’t know. I don’t have 2020 vision.
Interesting Fact: On migration, Ring-necked Ducks stop to rest and feed on shallow lakes and impoundments with dense stands of cattails, bulrushes, and other emergent vegetation. They can form very large flocks on some lakes. During the winter, look for them in swamps, river floodplains, brackish portions of estuaries, shallow inland lakes, sloughs, marshes, reservoirs, and other managed freshwater impoundments. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ring-necked_Duck/lifehistory#habitat )
F/6.3, 1/125, ISO 500.
American Coot
Can February march?
No, but April may.
Interesting Fact: The American coot is a highly gregarious species, particularly in the winter, when its flocks can number in the thousands.[20] When swimming on the water surface, American coots exhibit a variety of interesting collective formations, including single-file lines, high density synchronized swimming and rotational dynamics, broad arcing formations, and sequential take-off dynamics. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_coot#Behavior )
F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 200.
Wood Ducks
A man and a woman have just had their 50th wedding anniversary.
The husband turns to his wife and asks, “What do you want to do to celebrate our anniversary dear?”
She replies, “Let’s run upstairs and make love.”
He turns to her and says, “Well make up your mind, we can’t do both!”
Interesting Fact: Egg-dumping, or “intraspecific brood parasitism” is common in Wood Ducks—females visit other Wood Duck cavities, lay eggs in them, and leave them to be raised by the other female. This may have been made more common by the abundance and conspicuousness of artificial nest boxes; in some areas it happens in more than half of all nests. Individual females typically lay 10-11 eggs per clutch, but some very full nests have been found containing 29 eggs, the result of egg-dumping. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Duck/lifehistory#behavior )
F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 800.
At what time does a duck wake up?
At the quack of dawn.
Interesting Fact: More than half of eastern North American population of Harlequin Ducks winters in coastal Maine, particularly outer reaches of Penobscot and Jericho bays. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Harlequin_Duck/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/125, ISO 320.
Red-breasted Merganser
A teacher wanted to teach her students about self-esteem, so she asked anyone who thought they were stupid to stand up.
One kid stood up and the teacher was surprised.
She didn’t think anyone would stand up so she asked him, “Why did you stand up?”
He answered, “I didn’t want to leave you standing up by yourself.”
Interesting Fact: The fastest duck ever recorded was a red-breasted merganser that attained a top airspeed of 100 mph while being pursued by an airplane. This eclipsed the previous speed record held by a canvasback clocked at 72 mph. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-breasted_merganser )
Happy International Women’s Day
F/11.0, 1/500, ISO 250.
Horned Grebe
What did the man say to the wall?
One more crack like that and I’ll plaster ya!
Interesting Fact: A sleeping or resting Horned Grebe puts its neck on its back with its head off to one side and facing forward. It keeps one foot tucked up under a wing and uses the other one to maneuver in the water. Having one foot up under a wing makes it float with one “high” side and one “low” side. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Horned_Grebe/lifehistory )
English
Happy Women’s Day
Polish
Szczęśliwy Dzień Kobie
Espanol
Feliz Día de la Mujer
Arabic
وم المرأة العالمي
Italian
Felice Giorno delle Donne
German
Alles Gute zum Tag der Frauen
Portuguese
Feliz Dia Da Mulher
Swedish
Glad kvinnors dag
Hindi
mahila divas kee shubhakaamanae
Korean
yeoseong-ui nal-eul chugha haeyo
Spanish
Feliz Día de la Mujer
Ukrainian
Поздравляю тебя с восьмым марта
French
Bonne Journée de la Femme
Russian
С Международным женским днем [S Mezhdunarodnym zhenskim dnem]
Malayalam
vanitā dinattinṟe santēāṣaṁ
Kannada
Mahileyara Dinada Shubhashayagalu
Telugu
Mahiḷa dinōtsava śubhākāṅkṣalu
Gujarati
Khuśa mahilā divasa
Bangla
Śubha nārī dibasa
Urdu
یوم خواتین مبارک
Chinese
妇女节快乐 [fù nǚ jié kuài lè]
Persian
روز زن مبارک
Turkish
Kadınlar günün kutlu olsun!
Greek
Ευτυχισμένη η ημέρα της γυναίκας
Japanese
Kokusai josei day
F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 320.
Ring-necked Duck
Why don`t ducks tell jokes when they fly?
Because they would quack up!
Interesting Fact: Ring-necked Ducks breed in northern North America and spend winters in southern and western North America, northern Central America, and the Caribbean, often on freshwater. Much of the population migrates from central Canada to the southeastern United States, staging along the way in Minnesota and other parts of the upper Midwest. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ring-necked_Duck/maps-range )
F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 200.
Hooded Merganser ( Female )
How do ducks talk?
They don’t You Quack.
Interesting Fact: The female chooses the nest site, and may start scouting for next year’s tree cavity at the end of each breeding season. Nest cavities can be in live or dead trees and are usually close to water. Cavities are typically 10–50 feet off the ground, up to about 90 feet. Hooded Mergansers nest readily in boxes, preferring those with wood shavings or nest material from previous uses. They prefer cavities with 3–5 inch openings. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Merganser/lifehistory )
F/9.0, 1/250, ISO 160.
Ring-necked Duck
Why did the cookie go to the hospital?
He felt crummy!
Interesting Fact: Ring-necked Ducks feed by diving underwater, rather than by tipping up as “dabbling” ducks do. When diving, they leap forward in an arc to plunge underwater, and they swim using only their feet for propulsion. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ring-necked_Duck/lifehistory )
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