The Northern shoveler in the house Four duck species make up a good number of the “wintering crowd” at the Perumbakkam wetland. A small flock of Northern shovelers has arrived ...

The Northern Shoveler’s body size has been recorded to a length of slightly under 2 feet, while the wingspan can be just shy of three feet tip to tip. ...

The northern shoveler is a migratory species that spends the summer in the Great Plains region of the United States, primarily west of the Great Lakes vicinity.

Northern shoveler is common in other wetlands but has been spotted for the first time in Chinna Eri, he said. The Chinna Eri wetland ecosystem has been a temporary home for avian visitors from far ...

A male northern shoveler duck. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo) Male VGs are thought to guard their mates from the attentions of other males more intensely than defending a nest site itself.

Northern Shoveler If there was ever a bird that could claim, “But look at me now,” it would be a drake shoveler in the spring. There’s no question they’re one of the sharpest-looking birds ...

It's interesting that waterfowl hybrids usually possess distinct characteristics of both progenitors. The blue-winged teal/shoveler hybrid I photographed had the spoon-shaped bill and cinnamon ...

As ice leaves the area ponds and lakes, the migrating waterfowl will soon pass through Mid-Missouri en route to nesting areas from the Dakotas and Minnesota to the Arctic Circle. All the males will… ...

by Loren Sirl Keen birdwatcher and former wildlife ranger Sandy Bull described his excitement at spotting the rare northern shoveler recently at the Orongo Wetland at Nick’s Head Station. The ...