Long-tailed Duck at the South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee Wisconsin December 6, 2014

By admin | December 6, 2014 - 3:20 pm |December 6, 2014 Bird Categories, Ducks, Geese, and Swans

I birded the Milwaukee lakefront this morning and the highlight of the day was a adult female Long-tailed Duck. Jym M. found the gorgeous Long-tailed Duck hanging out in the boat dock area there. Thanks Jym! I ran into Jym while birding Bradford Beach looking through gulls. I had looked hard and ran into other birders looking for the reported Kumlien’s Iceland Gull Jym found yesterday with no luck at numerous gull hangouts. Lots of gulls along the lakefront this morning, I just could not find anything odd. The Snowy Owl was still hanging out in the culvert pipe at the Lake Express Ferry catching sun. Images were taken on December 6, 2014.

Long-tailed Duck

Binomial name: Clangula hyemalis

Category: Duck, Geese, and Swans

Size: 16.5” long, 28” wing span

Weight: 1.6 lb.

Note: Long-tailed Duck formally known as Oldsquaw

Stretching

Tail shot

Looking at you!

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Window to Wildlife features the photography of Jim Edlhuber. A lifelong native of Wisconsin, Jim has been photographing wildlife for 20 years. He considers himself an avid photographer and is always trying to capture nature and wildlife through his lens. He is in several photography clubs and has won numerous awards for his work. In recent years, Jim has focused mostly on birding photography and finds it to be the most challenging.

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One Response to Long-tailed Duck at the South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee Wisconsin December 6, 2014

Nancy Nabak says:

December 7, 2014 at 4:45 am

Hey Jim, what great shots of this beautiful duck! And that tail shot…money! : ) Thanks for letting me exerience through your eyes.

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