I’ll be featuring just a few more images taken at the Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico, then I’ll move to Santa Fe for a couple of posts and then it will be back to Skagit County for an interesting story or two and a couple of features on some nice birds.

For now, here are some photos of some of the “quackers” I photographed at the Bosque…

Female Northern Shoveler

Male Northern Shoveler

Male Northern Pintail

Male Northern Pintail Experiencing a “Bad Hair” Day

Male Dabbling Ducks… Probably Northern Shovelors

“Quackers” can generally be divided into two groups, dabbling ducks (which don’t or can’t go underwater due to positive buoyancy) and diving ducks which dive underwater for much of their food.  Mallards, Northern pintails and Northern shovelers are examples of dabbling ducks.

Quacker! (: )

The photograph above is of a nice “quacker” but I’m unsure of the species.  Somebody out there help me!

Killdeer

So that’s it for the Bosque, but not before I showcase one more bird under a separate post.