MALE AMERICAN AVOCETS, BOMBAY HOOK NWR,DOVER,DELAWARE,4/5/18

NORTHERN SHOVELERS, BOMBAY HOOK NWR,DOVER,DELAWARE, 4/5/18

    The ducks with green heads, white breasts and rufous flanks are breeding male Northern Shovelers.  The other ducks are female Northern Shovelers.

GREAT EGRETS IN POND, BOMBAY HOOK NWR,DOVER,DELAWARE, 4/5/18

BUFFLEHEADS, BOMBAY HOOK NWR,DOVER,DELAWARE, 4/5/18

   The Bufflehead in the first two photos is a breeding male.  In the third photo, the duck in the upper left is a female Bufflehead and the one in the lower right is a male.

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CANADA GEESE, BOMBAY HOOK NWR,DOVER,DELAWARE, 4/5/18

MUTE SWAN, BOMBAY HOOK NWR,DOVER,DELAWARE, 4/5/18

BREEDING MALE GREEN-WINGED TEAL, BOMBAY HOOK NWR, DOVER, DELAWARE, 4/5/18