Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock…
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
A Chinese proverb
Northern Shoveler (Anas_clypeata): Have you seen this bird?
Northern Shoveler
The Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck.
Like most dabbling ducks, it stands well apart from such species as the Mallard and together with the other shovelers and their relatives forms a “blue-winged” group.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 14 inches Wingspan: 31 inches
• Large dabbling duck
• Large spatulate bill
• Juvenile similar to adult female
Adult male alternate:
• Alternate plumage worn from fall through early summer
• Black bill
• Eyes yellow
• Green head
• White lower neck, breast, and tail
• Rusty underbody with white band on hind flanks
• Dark back, with elongated white scapulars
• Pale blue upper secondary coverts
• Green speculum with white leading and trailing edges
Adult male basic
• Similar to adult female
Adult female:
• Eyes brown
• Orange bill with dusky patches
• Mottled brown and buff head, neck and back
• Dusky blue upper secondary coverts
• Dull green speculum with white fore border
Similar species:
Large, spatulate bill makes the Northern Shoveler immediately recognizable in all plumages.
This species is unmistakable in the northern hemisphere due to its large spatulate bill.
It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America and is a rare vagrant to Australia.
This is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some emergent vegetation.
This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winters further south than its breeding range. There have been reports of them as far as Australia. The Northern Shoveler is not as gregarious as some dabbling ducks outside the breeding season and tends to form only small flocks.
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Birds of prey do not flock together.
Birds of prey do not flock together.
A Portuguese proverb
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Common Black Hawk or Mangrove Black Hawk
The Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. The Mangrove Black Hawk, traditionally considered a distinct species, is now generally considered a subspecies, subtilis, of the Common Black Hawk.
The Common Black Hawk feeds mainly on crabs, but will also take small vertebrates and eggs. This species is often seen soaring, with occasional lazy flaps, and has a talon-touching aerial courtship display.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 20 inches Wingspan: 48 inches
• Sexes similar
• Medium-sized hawk
• Broad rounded wings
• Hooked beak
• Short broad tail
Adult:
• Entirely dark plumage
• Yellow legs and cere
• Black tail with broad white band and thin white tip
• Small white base of primaries-not always visible
The Common Black Hawk is a breeding bird in the warmer parts of the Americas, from the southwestern U.S. through Central America to Venezuela, Peru, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles.
The Common Black Hawk is a mainly coastal, resident bird of mangrove swamps, estuaries and adjacent dry open woodland, though there are inland populations, including a migratory population in northwestern Mexico and Arizona.
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A friend is like an eagle; you don’t find them flying in flocks
A friend is like an eagle; you don’t find them flying in flocks
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I am typically known simply as the Crowned … I am an endangered bird of prey from eastern and central South America. I typically live in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.
I tend to live in open woodland and marshland. Of course I am a predator. I prey on small mammals, fish, monkeys, snakes, and occasionally birds.
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