Fozzybear
Ich bin ein Vogelbeobachter
Duck's "teeth"
I'd noticed in my photos before that mallards seemed to have ridges of some kind on the edges of their bill, but some shots I took yesterday showed it up much better and they look like teeth - first time I've seen this and probably well known but I found it fascinating! I'd always thought they just had smooth bills, maybe with a bit of roughness to rasp off vegetable matter - just shows how even the commonest bird can surprise! |
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I've attached a crop in on a photo of a hybrid mallard female that showed it well.
I'd noticed in my photos before that mallards seemed to have ridges of some kind on the edges of their bill, but some shots I took yesterday showed it up much better and they look like teeth - first time I've seen this and probably well known but I found it fascinating! I'd always thought they just had smooth bills, maybe with a bit of roughness to rasp off vegetable matter - just shows how even the commonest bird can surprise! |
|I've attached a crop in on a photo of a hybrid mallard female that showed it well.
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