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Northern Shoveler Wing


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Northern Shoveler Wing. Females make a nasal quacking sound. Breeding males have dark green head, white breast, and chestnut sides and.

Northern Shoveler Wing Flap Photograph by Judi Dressler Fine Art America
Northern Shoveler Wing Flap Photograph by Judi Dressler Fine Art America from fineartamerica.com

Many of the dabbling ducks use their flat bills to strain food items from the water, but the big spatulate bill of the northern shoveler is adapted to take this habit to the extreme. Breeding males have dark green head, white breast, and chestnut sides and. Females make a nasal quacking sound.

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Northern Shoveler Wing Flap Photograph by Judi Dressler Fine Art America

Breeding males have dark green head, white breast, and chestnut sides and. From the tip of their bill to the tip of their tail, northern shovelers can reach about 19 inches (48 centimeters) long, with their unique bill measuring. Web when pairs are forming, males can be heard making a wheezy ‘thic’ or ‘took’ sound in flight and when alarmed. Many of the dabbling ducks use their flat bills to strain food items from the water, but the big spatulate bill of the northern shoveler is adapted to take this habit to the extreme.

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