Whistling Duck Parade
by Dawn Currie
Title
Whistling Duck Parade
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. Whistling Duck 'parade' - three ducks flying along in a row over Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands, Viera, Florida.
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Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis): The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck is a boisterous duck with a brilliant pink bill and an unusual, long-legged silhouette. You may hear them before you seem them - these ducks really do have a whistle for their call. Common south of the U.S., Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks occur in several southern states and are expanding northward.
The whistling-ducks were formerly known as tree-ducks, but only a few, such as the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck actually perch or nest in trees. They look most like ducks, but their lack of difference between males and females, relatively long-term pair bonds, and lack of complex pair-forming behavior more resembles geese and swans.
Although I have encountered these ducks in other areas of central and southern Florida, my favorite place to photograph them is the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in Viera Florida where this image was captured.
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January 20th, 2014
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William Tasker
I love the whistlers! Great shot of them in flight! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F