Besides the land birds, there is another fall bird migration currently taking place with the arrival of our winter waterfowl, coming to the Chesapeake Bay area to spend several months to live and feed.
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“Yay! My winter buddies are back!” Mallards
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Suddenly, many of the winter ‘regulars’ were here. And more and more are arriving each day!
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Ruddy Ducks, American Black Ducks, American Wigeons, Gadwalls, Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, and Northern Pintails Eastern Neck NWR
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Canada Geese
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Mallards, Northern Pintails, American Black Ducks
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Here’s some close-ups I’ve gotten recently showing what some of these ducks look like.
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Green-winged Teal along with three larger Northern Pintails
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Northern Pintails (males)
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Gadwalls along with smaller Ruddy Ducks
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Northern Shoveler (male)
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Redheads, Ring-necked Ducks, and Ruddy Ducks
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Happy Mallards
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Another big view with a number of species in the photo….
Tundra Swans, Canada Geese, Ruddy Ducks, American Black Ducks, American Wigeons, Mallards, Gadwalls, Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaup, and Northern Pintails Sunrise @ Calfpasture Cove – Eastern Neck NWR
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I noticed the above Tundra Swans had started to slow down and bunch up as they moved further along the cove.
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Tundra Swans, Ruddy Ducks, American Black Ducks, American Wigeons, Gadwalls, Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaup, and Northern Pintails Sunrise @ Calfpasture Cove – Eastern Neck NWR
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Check out my next post to see those Tundra Swans turned around and going airborne!
