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Abundant and widespread across the northern hemisphere, this is a female with a newly hatched brood. Waterfowl chicks are precocial, covered with down feathers, eyes open and feeding themselves immediately after hatching. Most birds have altricial young, hatched blind, naked, totally helpless...
They don't seem to mind the cold or the snow. Ice, however, can be a mobility issue for them. I got a silly little video of Wigeons and Crows skidding about on the ice when it got even colder and the river froze.
Hi everyone I am new to the group and enjoy taking wildlife photos including birds. Here’s a link to a few of my photos. I’d love to see yours.
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I took this photo of a flying duck yesterday morning; much to my dismay it turned out to be badly injured. Based on the bite to the wing, I would say it was a coyote or a dog. Odds are pretty good that it was mauled by someone's pet.
The colour of the water didn't really strike me at the time, I just thought it was nice looking at the two Mallard swimming across the loch.
End of November did seem rather early to be pairing up though LOL
The almost transparent dot, not a dust spot, at the tip of its beak, is called "nail".
https://www.bird.bot/post/duck-bill#:~:text=The%20nail%20is%20a%20small%20bump%20on%20the,or%20shape%20that%20can%20help%20identify%20the%20duck.
In adult males is it black. Females show a dark grey nail.
I made the long journey down to stay with my brother and his wife in South Wales (we were going to my nephew's wedding in Sussex as part of my trip).
Anyway, close beside my brother's house is the Brecon Canal and I did a short walk along it one day. There was a family of Mallards who'd come...
A brood of Mallard chicks (Anas platyrhynchos) just come out of the nest in the woods and are accompanied by their mother in the water with care and then disappear into a dense and hidden point on the shore !!!
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