Bird Portraits - Post Yours!

[Jack Dawe]

Thanks very much, Levina. These are the best shots I've yet managed of this species. This pair were quite co-operative for a change.

 

[K9Kirk]

Are these all from one couple or do several parents team up?

According to Jack Dawe's info, it's hard to say for sure. I've seen the parents with as many as 15 chicks but now I wonder if a slick duck was involved.

 

[fotoi]

Wigeon

 

[K9Kirk]

A Muscovy duck in SCC, FL.

035cv-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[fotoi]

Duck of an unknown type to me.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Duck of an unknown type to me.

View attachment 19246

It's a Mallard hybrid, I'd guess with a Muscovy Duck.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

It's a Mallard hybrid, I'd guess with a Muscovy Duck.

Then the mallard must have been the male as they will mount anything anywhere anytime!

 

[K9Kirk]

Then the mallard must have been the male as they will mount anything anywhere anytime!

Hey! That's me after 6 beers!

 

[K9Kirk]

A morning shot of a black-bellied plover on North Beach, Ft. De Soto.

123311-studio by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

A morning shot of a black-bellied plover on North Beach, Ft. De Soto.

123311-studio by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

Lovely light and angle, Kirk!