TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Northern Shovelers Flight Northern Shovelers- Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler- Anas clypeata, Family Anatidae. These Northern Shovelers were captured in flight. These ducks have a very distinctive, enlarged bill used to filter sediments for food. These birds were found above the Shaker Trace Wetlands in the Miami Whitewater Forest area in SW Ohio. It was a spectacular early spring day. (Photo: April 3, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 400mm f/5.6L IS USM)

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.