Bay Photos by Donna

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With the past month’s winter winds, more and more of the Chesapeake Bay winter ducks came closer to the shores and interior ponds for shelter.

If you’re missing your favorite summer ducks, you might find one of them here in this post, enjoying their winter vacation around me!

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Buffleheads

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Buffleheads

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Ring-necked Ducks

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Ring-necked Ducks with Canada Geese

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Ruddy Ducks (male left, female right)

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Ruddy Duck (male)

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Ruddy Duck (female)

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One more Ruddy!

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Ruddy Duck (male)

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Northern Shovelers feeding

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Northern Shovelers

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Northern Pintails and Mallards, along with Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls and
an immature gull in center (first winter Great Black-backed Gull?)

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Lesser Scaup

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Ruddy Ducks, Greater Scaup, Common Goldeneye

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Greater Scaup (male), Common Goldeneye (male)

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Common Goldeneye (male)

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Tundra Swans surrounded by Canada Geese, Ruddy Ducks, Mallards,
American Black Ducks, Green-winged Teal

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Long-tailed Duck (male)

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Long-tailed Duck (male)

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Wood Duck (male)

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Wood Duck (male)

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Wood Duck, American Black Ducks, Mallard

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American Black Ducks and Mallard in flight

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There are so many more ducks species that are here, so this just gives you a taste of our winter duck season.

(All photographs taken at Eastern Neck NWR, except Northern Shovelers at Chestertown WWTP and Ring-necked Ducks at St. Paul’s Mill Pond.)

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