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This beautiful Cinnamon Teal drake pumps his wings hard as he accelerates, showing off the beautiful colors in his wing and speculum in this flying photo. A Cinnamon Teal duck can use its wings to jump straight up from the water, without needing a running start to become airborn.
This photo of a Blue-winged Teal drake flying shows off the beautiful colors and feathering in his upper wing coverts as he pumps his wings hard to go out to feed. In breeding plumage, such as this photo, the white crescent shape in front of his eye is very prominent and helps in identifying this duck.
This small duck twists and turns as it takes off and streaks by at about 12-14 wingbeats per second, challenging many photographers. This photo shows off the beautiful colors and feathering of the Green-winged Teal drake, especially the green on the ear patch and the speculum on the wing.
This Mallard drake was captured on film a split second before his feet touched down, with wings and tail spread for braking. This flying photo was chosen to be on the cover of the annual Ducks Unlimited 1998 Conservation issue.
In this flying photo, you can almost hear this Mallard drake honking as he rushes by at about 8-10 wingbeats per second. The beautiful green head, yellow bill and orange feet make the Mallard one of the more colorful ducks.
This Mallard drake explodes on taking off from water, against a background of beautiful fall leaves. The photo also shows the blue speculum in his wing feathers. Mallards are able to take off on a single wing beat, and don’t need a running start.
It’s quite a sensory feast to watch and listen as thousands of Snow Geese take to the air before dawn, flying to their feeding grounds for the day.
This was a sunset that would make you stop and watch in awe, as these Canada Geese form a V to take advantage of the lift created by the bird in front of them. This photo was first published as a 2-page spread in the Nov/Dec 1997 issue of Ducks Unlimited magazine.
A string of Canada Geese leaves for their feeding grounds before the sun rises, flying in a V-pattern with predawn color in the clouds. The full moon in this photo was double exposed onto the slide.
What a stunning and beautiful duck! It’s been said that when God was designing the last duck, He used up all the colors to make the Wood Duck. This Wood Duck drake shows off the iridescent colors of his head and wing in this photo.
This beautiful Wood Duck drake takes off flying against a soft green background. The photo shows off the multitude of rich colors on the head, body and wings of this Wood Duck.
This Northern Pintail drake is all brakes as he glides in for a landing, sporting full breeding plumage with his long pintail feathers. This photo has a 3-dimensional quality as if the Northern Pintail is flying out of the page
This handsome Northern Pintail drake in full breeding plumage pumps his wings hard as he lifts off from the wetlands, displaying his beautiful wings with all the perfectly placed and overlapping feathers. This Norther Pintail image was chosen for the cover of Duck Unlimited’s Puddler magazine in 2007.
The Northern Shoveler is a large duck, named after the large size of its spatula bill, and typically feeds on the surface of the water filtering out food through its bill. This Northern Shoveler photo shows the drake lifting off from the water, revealing the beautiful colors in his wings.
The beautiful iridescent green behind the eye and in the speculum wing feathers can be seen in this photo of an American Wigeon drake flying. He’s just taking off and is following through on a strong wing beat. The 3-part whistle of the American Wigeon can be heard a long distance, identifying them before they are seen.
This Canvasback drake vigorously bathes to clean his wing and body feathers, creating a large spray as he pounds his wings on the water. Canvasback drakes are a beautiful sight with their bright red eye and striking colors.
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