First shovelers of the season

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · First shovelers of the season

The first Northern Shovelers have arrived at Kissena Park here in New York City. They tend to stay in the center of the lake yet I found a spot where they were feeding near the shore so I staked that spot out and eventual was able to get a close up of a female.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

1) Female blasts off following a male

X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/180s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

2) Male

X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/105s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

3) What is Mr. Shoveler doing?

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4) Female nice and close

X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/150s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

Nov 04, 2023 at 06:50 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · First shovelers of the season

Morris,
Nice set, the mail Shoveler is a beautiful duck

Chris S.

Nov 04, 2023 at 10:37 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · First shovelers of the season

Well done, Morris. Shovelers have been moving into Arkansas the last couple of weeks.

Nov 04, 2023 at 11:37 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · First shovelers of the season

Morris, Jimmy Durante would be proud of these with such a large proboscis. They are really pretty handsome with the nice colors of the males. Bruce

Nov 04, 2023 at 11:39 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · First shovelers of the season

Oh, nice spot you've found there! Northern Shovelers can be pretty skittish, so getting close enough for a good pic is solid work.

Nov 09, 2023 at 04:13 AM


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