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Gadwall ducks couple

Anas strepera

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Field Notes

Description:

Nice couple of gadwall ducks eating in the middle of one of the Zoete Water ponds, yesterday evening. The female is alike the A. platyrhynchos but the male is quite different, with a black bill and a grey cream color and dark tail. They are shy ducks, usually swimming away from the borders of the lakes.
I am sad to see these poor ducks among hunted species!

Habitat:

Zoete Waters, Belgium

Reference Links:

Gadwall, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (2)
The MnMs
Many thanks for your kind words, Selma :-)

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Birds of the World
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Ducks, swans and geese in Central Europe
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Biodiversity in Belgium

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PublishedMarch 9, 2014

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