American Bittern
American Bittern
American Coot
Wood Duck
Wood Duck
Wood Duck pair
A Wood Duck pair with a female Hooded Merganser.
A Wood Duck pair with a female Hooded Merganser and a Great Blue Heron.
Great Egret
Great Egret
Great Egrets
Canada Goose cruises by a Great Egret looking for fish.
Gadwall (male) - This dabbling duck often steals food from diving ducks as they surface.
Canada Geese
Canada Goose
Canada Geese
Merganser gets goosed 1/2
Merganser gets goosed 2/2
Ring Billed Gull diving for fish.
Ring Billed Gull turns it head to the side to scan the water for fish. Tilting and turning the head lets a gull aim its monocular field downward to spot movement or fish scales glistening beneath the water surface.
Great Blue Herons
Great Blue Herons are graceful flyers, with wingspans of up to 7 feet.
Green Heron
Green Heron
Green Heron
Green Heron with its crest raised.
Mallard male with his mate, likely a Mallard and domestic duck hybrid.
Mallard and hybrid mate having a quack.
Mother Mallard with her ducklings
Hooded Merganser female
Hooded Merganser pair
Hooded Merganser (Female)
Hooded Merganser (Female)
Hooded Merganser mother and ducklings dry off after a swim.
Hooded Merganser ducklings
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Northern Shoveler
Wilsons Snipes
Green Winged Teal - the smallest dabbling duck in North America. Dabbling ducks do not dive underwater for food.
Green Winged Teal pair
(L to R) Hooded Merganser, Great Blue Heron, Canada Goose
