#diving ducks

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Buffleheads! Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2.

[hmtaxidermy]

[aisphotostuff]

Common Merganser WWT Sussex by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The Common Merganser, often called the Goosander in Europe, is the largest of the sawbilled ducks. All are specialist fish eaters. Common Mergansers are found throughout the northern hemisphere, and in winter can be seen in large flocks, sometimes of thousands of birds. In Europe they nest as far south as the Swiss lakes, but they are principally a bird of the northern forests, favouring fast-flowing rivers for feeding, roosting on nearby lakes at night.

[blogbirdfeather]

Pochard - Zarro-comum (Aythya ferina)

Loulé/Portugal (19 & 20/02/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR with Nikon AF-S TC-14E III; 1/1600s; F8; 400 ISO]

[bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Lesser Scaup

^Image credit: Basar

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 

The Lesser Scaup (adult female pictured) is extremely visually similar to the Greater Scaup, which it forms a superspecies with. Despite having the largest population of any diving duck species in North America their population has been declining steadily since the mid-1980's, with indications that their breeding success is decreasing, though exactly why remains uncertain.

[wingedjewels]

Male Bufflehead! by Debbie Meader Via Flickr: A male Bufflehead surfaces after diving in his search for lunch! He turned just the right way to show off his gorgeous iridescent feathers.

[mostlybirdsandphotos]

another of my favourite shots from the weekend—a male bufflehead at sunrise! this was my first time seeing one so close up, so it was super exciting (｡^ᴗ^ )

[photosandcraftsbykim]

[whatnext10]

It was Very Exciting to See These Lesser Scaups

Afternoon Nap It seems like every time I go out to Cedar Key I find some new bird to add to my life list. When I went last week I was specifically hoping to see some white pelicans (which aren’t a new species to me), but I only got to see our year long residents, the brown pelicans. But while I was there I did find a group of lesser scaups (Aythya affinis), also known as little blue bills or…

[thecharters]

Colorado gets a boost from Google Photos

Colorado gets a boost from Google Photos

Google Photos has recently been greatly revamped, offering “unlimited” storage of photos in “high quality,” or up to 15 GB if you upload original photos. “High quality” is pretty darn high, so I experimented by dumping a bunch (several thousand) photos into my account. But that, as with many things Google does, isn’t all. Google also has an “assistant” that does things like automatically creating…

[cbssurfer]

Ben Thouard Photography

[whereifindsanity]

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Scott Sporleder

[wabblebees]

((please rb if you vote! obv this is just silly but im curious+wanna see ppls opinions<3))

[aisphotostuff]

Tufted duck Scientific name: Aythya fuligula by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Rocking an incredible hairdo, this is our most common diving duck nesting on flooded gravel pits, lakes and reservoirs. Tufted ducks feed on waterweed, plant seeds and water insects.The tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) is our commonest diving duck. The male is especially handsome and, like so many "black and white" birds, has purple, green and blue colours in his feathers

[blogbirdfeather]

Pochard - Zarro-comum (Aythya ferina): females

Loulé/Portugal (19 & 20/02/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR]

[ornithological]

tufted duck (aythya fuligula), male, ireland