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Mostly Ducks, February 2014
Various ducks and other birds on two visits to the Charles river.
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Hooded Merganser (male)
Lophodytes cucullatus
Mallard (female)
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard (male)
Anas platyrhynchos
Common Merganser (male)
Mergus merganser
Mallard
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Northern Cardinal (female)
Cardinalis cardinalis
Same bird, with crest raised.
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Same bird again.
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Hooded Merganser (male)
Lophodytes cucullatus
Male and female together
A second male came along and started a singing competition.
singing and dancing
just taking a brief break
The show goes on
The female isn't paying much attention
Mallard (male)
Anas platyrhynchos
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Ringed-Bill Gull
Larus delawarensis
(and a bunch of mallards)
same bird
Young (less than one year old) Ring-Billed Gull
(in "formative plumage")
Female Mallard with leucism
Mallard (male)
