|
|
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
The Shoveler drake in spring wardrobe with amazing shovel beak |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
The Shoveler duck and her amazing beak |
Can this really be the same plumage? |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
In flight she shows her green wing speculum |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
|
Shoveler pair |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
Way out on the lake, first there were two shovelers, then "only one", higher in the water, then two again . . . |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
Distinctive at a distance |
Juvenile male with yellow eyes but not yet a black beak |
Bottoms up! |
|
|
|||
| LINKS: | |||
| New Zealand Shoveler | Hybrid Northern and Australasian Shoveler | Red Shoveler | |