#Spatula clypeata

[occasionallybirds]

Bottoms up

Northern Shovelers (Spatula clypeata)

December 15, 2023

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

[fatchance]

Northern shoveler / pato cucharón norteño (Spatula clypeata) at Whitewater Draw, Cochise County, Arizona.

[meklarian]

Northern Shovelers, shoveling Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area McNeal, Arizona, USA March, 2019

(more ducks here)

[birdblues]

Northern Shoveler

[coollittleguys]

Some cool birds I saw on a uni trip in the Alcazar de San Juan lakes. Definitely the best thing I've ever seen in Ciudad Real. Also it was really cool seeing wild flamingos.

European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)

Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

[birding-with-tortoise]

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Sighted at Pulicat Lake, India

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Northern Shoveler

Photo: Grigory Heaton

"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."

- Audubon Field Guide

[ribzinc]

Eared grebe, northern shoveler, groundhog, northern pintail, red-winged blackbird, black bear, yellow warbler, trumpeter swan, ring necked duck

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Port Arthur, TX, USA

photograph by Cindy Fleenor

[thelostcanyon]

Northern Shovelers (Spatula clypeata), Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona.

[spinus-pinus]

Cinnamon Teal and Northern Shoveler Spatula cyanoptera and Spatula clypeata

11/19/2023 San Joaquin Marsh, California

[autistrix]

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128264334] Northern Shoveler || Spatula clypeata Observed in Canada Least Concern in location of observation

[bens-birds]

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Belclare Turlough, Co. Galway, Ireland - 04-01-2025

[blogbirdfeather]

Shoveler - Pato-trombeteiro (Spatula clypeata): males

Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (10/10/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F5,6; 400 ISO]

[fairymarymag]

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

[ornithological]

northern shoveler (spatula clypeata), female, ireland