Doing some birding along the lakefront in Milwaukee right after a good snow I did not except to see much. 6 Long-tailed Ducks were doing some feeding at the McKinley Marina was probably the highlight for the day. It looked like 2 males and 4 females, they were spread out in the area. They continually feed while I was there giving a few nice views. It was a cloudy and chilly with winds from the west and snow flurries coming down non stop all day, temps around 31 degrees. It looked like Milwaukee had 5-6″ of snow on the ground from the last 2 days, it suppose to be spring? Images were taken on April 16, 2018.
Long-tailed Duck, adult male, just up from a dive
Long-tailed Duck, adult male just cruising along…
Long-tailed Duck, adult female in non-breeding plumage
Long-tailed Duck, adult male
Long-tailed Duck, adult male just looking around…
Long-tailed Duck, adult male
Long-tailed Duck, adult male looking pretty…
The dive…
Long-tailed Duck, adult male with flurries coming down…
Closeup…just up from a dive…
Great, close shots of one of my favorite ducks. Thanks, Jim!
I never noticed the brown scapulars on the adult male before. I’m glad you are able to get such fantastic closeups.
Thanks, Jim.