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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Wigeons

In the bottom right of yesterday's photo you can see the ducks pictured in today's photo. These are Wigeons; most are American Wigeons (Anas americana) but at the rear of the group (see the orange blaze on his head) is a Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope). Though these dabbling ducks are not uncommon winter residents here I have not seen them hanging out along the West Bay Walkway this year until now. I suspect the hard freeze may have frozen the shallow freshwater lakes and ponds they seem to like.

2 comments:

JoJo said...

They all looks so puffed up and fluffy, probably keeping warm that way.

William Kendall said...

Nice shot of them. I don't think they make it out to this part of the country.