A trip this week to Brunswick, Maine, provided my first opportunity to photograph
Long-tailed Ducks. A pair was close to the rocky shore and we could see the "purpose" of the drake's long tail feathers. As the hen followed him, he wagged his long tail ...
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| Long-tailed Duck |
It was an impressive display, and one that enabled the hen to assess his qualities as a mate.
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| Long-tailed Duck - drake displaying his long tail |
She must have been impressed. When he flew, she followed ...
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| Long-tailed Duck - hen takes flight |
A morning of birding at Florida Lake in Freeport yielded many early migrant songbirds, highlighted by
Palm Warblers ...
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| Palm Warbler |
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| Palm Warbler |
Migration is concluded for
Tree Swallows; they were consumed with courtship and the swallow equivalent of foreplay ...
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| Tree Swallows |
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| Tree Swallows |
Good birding!!
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Just delightful!!
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