Female (left) and male (right) Greater Scaups (Aythya marila )
He's got zebra mussels and a female follower.
Male and female
She's got zebra mussels and a male follower.
3 females and 3 males
He's got zebra mussels and five best friends.
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These are fun captures! Very distinguished looking ducks, male and female.
ReplyDeleteThey look like quite the gang, don't they?
He's certainly 'in with the in crowd'...aren't these guys (and gals) distinguished looking, and what a fun series of captures!
ReplyDeletehe looks like he is give the yellow stinky eye to the female with the mussels and the party is to funny....
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of lovely ducks
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Great photos! It's fun to see them all scrambling for the same mussels.
ReplyDeleteSo cute...amazing pictures, even better captions...I love this!
ReplyDeleteWho says muscles don't attract ?!
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful action shots !
Love is in the air, and let the good times roll!
ReplyDeleteJust ducky! Each of this stands alone in coolness! Interesting how ducks can exhibit something of a personality. It's also interesting that if others think you have money, you are surrounded by "friends" and "relatives."
ReplyDeleteGreat Duck Photos! :)
ReplyDeleteSo they're attracted to each other's mussels!!! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat shots!
Lovely coloring on both.
A TAILGATE PARTY? :)
ReplyDeleteScaup seems such an appropriate name somehow, I love their mussels, yum yum:)
ReplyDeleteGlad to see them eating the zebra mussels!
ReplyDeleteLove the ducks shots, and the cute captions.. Great shots! Have a happy week ahead!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures and food would seem to be plentiful. I love the blue beak mating season colors of the male. I have only seen it once in real life ... very impressive.
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It is so sad that zebra mussels are up there. They are nasty, invasive things.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of the group.
ReplyDeleteAt least someone is benefitting from the Zebra Mussels. I hope they eat them all.
ReplyDeleteCute post. I love the "He's got zebra mussels and five best friends." made me chuckle.
ReplyDeleteI love that! They are too funny!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a wild bunch.
ReplyDeleteLove the 'sixsome' :-) (and mussles!!)
ReplyDeleteGreat shots, we do get the odd one or two in the UK ,but I haven't seen one as yet.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Gordon.
Fun shots! Seems the duck with the mussels has a lot of friends. :)
ReplyDeleteWe have the lesser scaups and they look just like these. I wonder what the difference is? Anyway, fun shots. Nice that you got both the male and female with mussels.
ReplyDeleteExcellent series of photos. Think that last one is going to have trouble holding onto its meal!
ReplyDeleteThose mussels seem to be very popular. Nice series.
ReplyDeleteWow these are all wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe zebra mussels have made their way down to our two lakes (Bull Shoals and Lake Norfork). I'm glad the ducks eat them, because I've heard they become very destructive and even sink boats over time.
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