Ducks! Ducks! Ducks!

Ducks are a beginning birder's best friends. They are colourful and pretty. You can learn binoculars skills and how to photograph them because they won't fly away. After all, they are sitting ducks!

Ringed Neck Ducks (Duxbury, MA)

Male Northern Shoveller (Central Park, NYC) 

His wife, female Northern Shoveller

Female ruddy duck (Fresh Pond, Cambridge)

Her husband, male ruddy duck (Central Park, NYC)

 

Bufflehead husband and wife (Central Park, NYC)



American Coot (Duxbury, MA)

American wigeon (Plum Island, MA)



Green winged Teal (Plum island, MA)



Male wood duck (Muddy River, Brookline, MA)

His wife, female wood duck (Muddy Pond, MA)

 And my all-time fav........ (*drum roll*)

Female Hooded Mergenser

Her husband Hooded Merganser (Fresh Pond, Cambridge)

Husband & wife team having a great time!