Bird Watching: "On the Waterfront" - Part 3, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
One of my favorite ducks is the Canvasback. I'm sure you will be tired of looking at them before I'm done. This is group of images I took on Monday.

Canvasbacks have made a dramatic comeback following the closing of hunting seasons for a while and the banning of lead shot that was being ingested by the Canvasback while feeding. The most recent U.S. population estimate is about 662,000.

This is the male Canvasback ........