wigeon

what a day fine at first then many clouds it seemed like every time i jumped back in car the sun came out again anyway one not to complain too much i managed this Sepia looking shot amongst the gloom hope you like.

but keeping a wary eye open!

quite a few turning up now

Wigeon

Wigeon

It's a bird that never stops moving so these are the best three from a large number of shots.

This lone bird was very close to the hide and it didn't spot me.

A 4" x 4" painting of three male American Wigeon...

As I said, I just have this effect on ducks! [And, to be honest, not just ducks. It works with most birds.]

This bird was really close --- until it saw me.

Anas americana - pato chalcun - American wigeon

Just got a nice close view of the Wigeon and thought it was worth posting. No gimmick, just that.

Thanks to Nigel for herding this Wigeon in for the Pose!!

Male wigeon on the river at Musselburgh

Female wigeon on the river at Musselburgh

The drakes always get all the attention, so i thought i'd post this pic.

Trying to improve my technique in capturing birds in flight, I think I'm getting there at last

I took a ride out to Buckenham Marshes near Norwich this morning and found more wigeon that you could shake a stick at, I would think they numbered in their thousands rather than hundreds

Joined the RSPB today over at Minsmere then took a couple of hours exploring the reserve. Although we saw plenty this is probably the best photo of the day. There were a lot of wigeon on view as well reason for edit: I ID'd these birds wrongly, I have been reliably informed that these are Teal