Sighting details
Location
near Stony Plain, Alberta

Geobirds Local >>

rarityNorthern Shoveler (1)
Seen by wimp1946
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When July 01, 2008 at 18:36
Details COMMON
Notes Mother with her 10 little ducklings, creek by stony plain walking trails
Weather sunny, +23C

Comments 

user jim macgregor, Jul 2 2008
-great picture with interesting display of color!
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user jim macgregor, Jul 2 2008
-actually, now that I look more closely at the subjects, I'm thinking you have a family of Northern Shovellers; check out the distinctively large spoon- like bill, which tends to make the adult female look "front- heavy"! See also how she sits in the water, beak- down and wings and tail up.
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user wimp1946, Jul 2 2008
Thanks for the feed back . I think you are right it is a northern Shoveler
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user jim macgregor, Jul 2 2008
- I can see that I'll have to remember to spell Shoveler with one "L"! :o)
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