Flight of the Northern Shoveler is a photograph by Judi Dressler which was uploaded on January 27th, 2018.
Flight of the Northern Shoveler
The lake was full of all sorts of ducks and geese -- mostly geese, and the second largest group was the Northern Shovelers. They are very fast... more
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Flight of the Northern Shoveler
Artist
Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
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The lake was full of all sorts of ducks and geese -- mostly geese, and the second largest group was the Northern Shovelers. They are very fast fliers! I would often hear their wings before I would see them, and by then it was usually too late for a picture as they whizzed by. But occasionally I did manage to grab the focus of one in the air, as in this image!
From Audubon's website: "Many of the dabbling ducks use their flat bills to strain food items from the water, but the big spatulate bill of the Northern Shoveler is adapted to take this habit to the extreme. Flocks of shovelers often swim along with their big bills barely submerged in front of them, straining food from the muddy soup of shallow waters. Despite their heavy-set build, shovelers are good fliers; at large gatherings, groups often are seen taking off, circling the area repeatedly, then alighting again."
Photo taken on January 27, 2018, in Lakewood, Colorado
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January 27th, 2018