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The Ducks, Geese and Swans Wildlife Study is a compilation portfolio housing over 675 images.
The section on Ducks contains an Overview page with sample images and links to five section pages
which display 267 images of Ducks and Teals. The section on Geese contains an Overview page, an
extensive six page section on Snow Geese, and a page on Canada Geese and Domestic Geese.
The Swans page displays 57 images of Mute Swans, Trumpeter Swans and Tundra Swans.

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Ducks: Section overview page and five pages

Mallards
Mandarins and Wood Ducks
Northern Shovelers and Ruddy Ducks

Assorted Ducks 1:
Merganser, Pintail, Muscovy, Pochard, Whistling Ducks

Assorted Ducks 2:
Bufflehead, Ring-Necked, Redhead, Scaup
Teals, Tufted Ducks and Widgeons

Geese: Section overview page

Snow Geese: Section overview page and five pages:

Flight;     Portraits;     Flyout & Fly-in;

Flock Scenes;     Snow Goose Scenics

Canada Geese and Domestic Geese

Swans:
Mute Swans, Trumpeter Swans & Tundra Swans

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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
The Banner below leads to the Birds Collection page where a Gallery can be selected.

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Ducks


The Ducks section contains this Overview and five pages which house 265 images representing
20 species of Ducks and Teals, compiled from many thousands of images which were taken over a
several year period at wildlife refuges in California, New Mexico, Alaska, British Columbia and Japan.

The Overview contains sample images and linked Display Composites from each of the five section pages.

Mallards


The Mallard page contains 55 images of Mallard males, females and ducklings (and 3 portraits
of Pekin Ducks) taken at several wildlife refuges in California, New Mexico and British Columbia.
Mallards are a widespread dabbling duck which were ancestral to most breeds of domestic ducks.
They frequently interbreed with closely related ducks in the genus Anas, resulting in fertile hybrids.

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The Mandarin and Wood Duck page contains 41 images of these exceptionally attractive perching ducks.
Mandarins are originally from East Asia, but were introduced in collections in Europe and North America
beginning in the mid-18th century, and escaped to establish feral populations in the wild. Wood Ducks
are a closely related North American species. Males have a distinct helmeted head, and the female
Mandarin and Wood Duck are very similar. Occasionally mixed pairs are encountered in the wild.

Shovelers_Ruddys


The Northern Shoveler and Ruddy Duck page contains 57 images of these distinctive ducks.
The Northern Shoveler, or Spoonbill, has a large spatulate bill that gives them a feeding advantage
over other dabbling ducks. The aptly named Ruddy Duck, or Stiff-Tailed Duck, is a diving duck. The
breeding male has a distinctive blue bill, white cheeks and a black crown on a rust-red body.
Males have a very entertaining display behavior, detailed in several images on this page.

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The Assorted Ducks 1 page contains 57 images of five species of ducks, including Mergansers,
Northern Pintails, Muscovy Ducks, Red-Crested Pochards and White-Faced Whistling Ducks, taken
in Alaska, Alabama, California, and New Mexico. These are fish-eating, diving and dabbling ducks,
and they are all unrelated species which are grouped on this page for the purposes of display.

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The Assorted Ducks 2 page contains 57 images of five species of ducks, including Buffleheads,
Ring-Necked Ducks, Redheads, Lesser Scaups, three types of Teals, Tufted Ducks and Widgeons.
These images were taken in California, Florida, and Japan. These are diving and dabbling ducks
in the genera Anas and Aythya, and are grouped on this page for the purposes of display.

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SnowGeese


Tens of thousands of Snow Geese winter in Bosque every year on their way to
their arctic mating grounds. Their mass flyouts in the morning are spectacular.
The Snow Geese section contains an Overview page and five pages with 350
images, separated into Flight; Portraits and Flight Portraits; Flyout and Fly-in;
Flock Scenes, Group Portraits and Flight Flurries; and Snow Goose Scenics.

This Overview page contains selected images from each of the five
section pages, and display composites which link to the section page.

SnowGeese_Flight


75 images of Snow Geese in flight, including flight scenics and portraits,
Flight Studies, Snow Goose flurries at dawn and sunrise, and sunset fly-in.

SnowGoose_Portraits


75 images of Snow Geese and Ross’s Geese, including close portraits,
close flight portraits, and Flight Studies taken between sunrise and mid-day.

Flyout_Fly-in


75 images of Snow Geese during their massed flight from the ponds to the farm fields
in the morning, and in flight back into the ponds in the evening. The morning flyout of the
Snow Geese is one of Nature’s most spectacular scenes, as many thousands of geese
burst away from their overnight sanctuary as one, covering the sky in a honking horde.

FlockScenes


70 images of flocks of Snow Geese at sunrise, mid-day and sunset, including flight flurries
of thousands of Snow Geese taking off from the ponds in the morning, over the farm fields
at mid-day, and flying back into their sanctuary in the ponds from the farm fields at sunset.

SnowGoose_Scenics


66 images of Snow Geese enhancing the New Mexico scenery at dawn and sunset.

CanadaGeese_Domestics


The Canada Geese and Domestic Geese page contains 41 images of Canada Geese from
Wildlife Refuges in California, Arizona and New Mexico, Greater White-Fronted Geese from the
Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, CA, and Graylag and Swan Geese from the LA Arboretum.

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Swans


57 images of Black Swans, Mute Swans, Trumpeter Swans and Tundra Swans from England,
Belgium, and wildlife areas in the United States, including 18 images and a composite showing
the Mating Display of the Trumpeter Swans, taken at Trout Lake in Yellowstone National Park.

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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
The Banner below leads to the Birds Collection page where a Gallery can be selected.

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Direct Links:

Ducks      Geese      Swans

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