MOLTING MALE NORTHERN SHOVELER, NONQUON SEWAGE TREATMENT LAGOONS, PORT PERRY, ON

   This duck can be identified as a Northern Shoveler by its very large, spoon-shaped bill.  This male Shoveler is molting from nonbreeding plumage to breeding plumage.  It has the dark bill, yellow eyes and some black and white plumage of breeding plumage, but still has some mottled brown plumage of its nonbreeding plumage.  Plus, it does not yet have the dark greenish neck of the male in breeding plumage.