Recently I was getting my car serviced and I noticed the service manager had several ducks mounted on the wall of his office. We had a lively discussion and he identified the birds he had hunted. It got me thinking about doing some "hunting" of my own, only with a Nikon camera instead. Since it's duck hunting season in North Carolina, it's probably not a good idea to be out there unless you're wearing orange. Instead, I thought I'd hunt through my photos of ducks and get a good list of the ones I've bagged.
This is a good time to give a plug for Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina as many of these ducks were seen there. It's a neat place and you're guaranteed to see some birds there ; ) ha ha.
Just for the sake of brevity, I'll only list North American species here, and no geese or swans. Or Muscovy Ducks. They can get their own post at a later date.
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| American Goldeneye |
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| Blue Winged Teals at the NC Zoo |
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Bufflehead
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| Cape Teal |
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| Cinnamon Teal |
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| Female Cinnamon Teal |
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| Mr. Mallard |
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| Northern Shelduck |
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| Mottled Ducks, Sarasota, Florida |
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| Lesser Scaup--a whole flock of them in the Atlantic Ocean off of Neptune Beach, Jacksonville, Florida |
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| Red Bellied Whistling Duck, Sarasota, Florida in the canal behind my brother's house |
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| Baer's Pochard |
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| Pied Billed Grebe--is a Grebe considered a duck? |
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| Tufted Duck |
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| Canvasback |
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| American Wood Duck--ain't he a beauty? |
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| Fulvous Whistling Duck |
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| Ringed Teal |
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| Puna Teal |
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| American Coot in Sarasota, Florida |
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| Blue Winged Teal |
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| Ring Necked Duck |
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| Another Northern Pintail. I love the way he's standing. Reminds me of the children's book, "Make Way for Ducklings". |
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| Radjah Shelduck |
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| Puna Teal |
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| Ringed Teal, Safari Park, Virginia |
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| Rosy Billed Duck |
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| Ruddy Duck |
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| Smew |
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| White Headed Duck |
