#Water Birds

[maureen2musings]

Great crested grebe & chicks

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[internetdruid]

That's not a Turtle, that's a Pied-billed Grebe! (Podilymbus podiceps) x.

[luminarystimboards]

Some Beautiful Brandt Cormorants during breeding season. I love these blue patches they get! Their eyes are so magical. Free to use, just link back to this post when you do!

[arthistoryanimalia]

Leopold Krumel (American, born Austria, 1879-1966)

Swans, 1927

Color screenprint (Selectasine process), 13 x 17 in (33 x 43.2 cm)

Printed by Velvetone Poster Company, San Francisco, CA, USA

Philadelphia Museum of Art 1971-190-1

[longingforrotkehlchen]

I call these: Great hairdos, derp faces, and beautiful birds.

Gänsesäger ♀️+♂️ (common mergansers) am Max-Eyth-See, Mühlhausen.

[colorsoutofearth]

Fishing cormorant

Photo by Alex Mustard

[missedmilemarkers]

This serene photo captures a black-crowned night heron standing gracefully by the water's edge, blending into the tranquility of its surroundings. The bird’s silhouette contrasts beautifully with the soft reflection of the water and trees, creating a calm and peaceful atmosphere. A true moment of quiet observation in the natural world.

[vonecent]

Least bittern

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

Migratory May Day 11: Glossy Ibis

Reference photo by Christoph Moning

[branchflowerphoto]

A little pied cormorant dries its wings, Albany, Western Australia 🪶

[occasionallybirds]

Winter ducks

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

December 2023 and early January 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

[crifket]

A picture I took of a Canada Goose

[arthistoryanimalia]

I somehow missed the memo that yesterday was #WorldWaterfowlDay, so in belated celebration I present Warrior Duck:

Vessel in the Form of a Warrior Duck (Pato Guerrero)

Moche, made in Huacas de Moche, Peru, 500-650 CE

Terracotta w/ mother of pearl, shell, and stone inlays

Museo Arqueológico "Santiago Uceda Castillo." Ministry of Culture of Peru VEX.2024.3.15

🆔 That distinctive beak shape suggests that Warrior Duck is one of the Spatula genus gang (aka shovelers & teals) 😎

Additional info via the Getty Museum:

“Here's what we know about it:

🔘 The bird holds a mace in one hand and a square shield in the other-typical arms and armor for Moche warriors.

🔘 Warrior ducks are among the many hybrid beings that can be seen in Moche art, but this creature is special.

🔘 The duck’s eyes are made of white shell and black stone, and mother-of-pearl inlays are on the wings, face, and shield—this is not your average pottery vessel.

🔘 Other finds in the burial, such as a gilded-copper lime container and copper adornments for clothing, suggest the deceased male was a significant figure, perhaps a priest.

🔘 The warrior duck vessel was found in fragments. We don’t know whether it contained anything. It may have been made for the burial, a prestigious offering that conveyed the dead man’s power and status.”

[longingforrotkehlchen]

The littlest little grebes you'll see.

Zwergtaucher (little grebes) am Pumpsee im Rosensteinpark, Bad Cannstatt.

[materterrae]