Tony Pratt

Archive for the ‘Ducks’ Category

Feb
10

It Pays to Look Your Best

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

Grooming is an important part of a bird’s day. This hen and drake Northern Pintail know it pays to look your best.

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Feb
1

A Hole in the Water

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

This Northern Pintail leapt out of the water leaving a hole behind.

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Jan
26

Drake Northern Pintail

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

These drake Northern Pintails are hard to pass up when I’m looking for a photograph to post here.

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Jan
23

Pintail Airways

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

There are hundreds of Northern Pintails feeding in a marsh in southern Delaware this winter. I don’t think I have ever seen so many in one place before. I keep photographing them because every day I see them it may be the last, if they move on to another spot. This is from this morning.

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Jan
21

Drake Pintail

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

I had hoped to catch the setting sun at the coast tonight, but the clouds closed down the sun pretty early. So, I looked back over the pintail photographs I have taken recently and found this handsome drake.

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Jan
18

Pintails Leaping

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

The weather has warmed up here in Delaware but the Northern Pintails are still feeding in the same places in the marsh that they frequented when it was frozen over. My thanks to them for being cooperative subjects.

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Jan
6

Pintails VS the Wind

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

These Northern Pintails fought hard against a strong wind a few days ago. At times they flew backwards as the wind overpowered their flapping.

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Jan
2

Jumping Pintails

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

The wind was howling again tonight in the marsh as cold northerly wind pours in on the back sdie of the storm sitting off New England. Pintails were plentiful on the choppy water surface and jumped up every few minutes into the wind. These three photographs are from tonight just before sunset.

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Dec
29

Northern Pintails

Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010

Winter weather has returned to Delaware with strong northerly winds today. These Northern Pintails were feeding in the marsh in preparation for a long, cold windy night. In the top photograph the hen may be saying ‘See ya’ as she jumps up from her small group.

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Dec
3

Hooded Merganser

Filed Under Ducks, Fall 2009

This adult Hooded Merganser was photographed a while ago, but I thought he was worth showing off again.

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