Northern Pintail (1 Viewer)

[49bentley]

Can someone please confirm this to be a male Northern Pintail? Taken in Port Credit Ontario in November.
Thanks
Chris

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Yes

 

[49bentley]

Perfect. Thanks Andrew. Another first for me.

 

[Nutcracker]

Yes; male just starting to come out of eclipse. Pintail tend to end their eclipse plumage later than most other dabbling ducks, sometimes not until well into December.

 

[49bentley]

Thanks Nutcracker.