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Northern Shoveler, male, eclipse plumage not looking as pretty as when he&#039;s wearing his breeding feathers, but you can tell he&#039;s a boy from his dark, black beak<br /> I love that the reflection shows off his big, broad bill. Also known as the Spoonbill. Anas clypeata,Canada,Geotagged,Northern Shoveler Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Northern Shoveler, male, eclipse plumage

not looking as pretty as when he's wearing his breeding feathers, but you can tell he's a boy from his dark, black beak
I love that the reflection shows off his big, broad bill. Also known as the Spoonbill.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Crazy bill, had never heard of this one. Posted 10 years ago

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The Northern Shoveler

The Northern Shoveler is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, wintering in southern Europe, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Central and northern South America. It is a rare vagrant to Australia.

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Similar species: Ducks, Geese, Etc.
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Dec 17, 2014. Captured Dec 16, 2014 11:18 in Unnamed Road, Delta, BC V4K 3N2, Canada.
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  • X-E1
  • f/5.6
  • 1/250s
  • ISO800
  • 200mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.