GREAT CORMORANT WITH WINGS SPREAD & IN WATER, CIRCEO NATIONAL PARK,SABAUDIA,ITALY, 10/2/2019

GREY HERONS, CIRCEO NATIONAL PARK,SABAUDIA,ITALY, 10/2/2019

EURASIAN SPOONBILLS IN FLIGHT, CIRCEO NATIONAL PARK,SABAUDIA,ITALY, 10/2/2019

FLOCK OF CATTLE EGRETS IN FLIGHT, CIRCEO NATIONAL PARK,SABAUDIA,ITALY, 10/2/2019

FEMALE NORTHERN SHOVELER, CIRCEO NATIONAL PARK,SABAUDIA,ITALY, 10/2/2019

WESTERN MARSH HARRIERS IN FLIGHT, CIRCEO NATIONAL PARK,SABAUDIA,ITALY, 10/2/2019

COMMON POCHARDS AMONG EURASIAN WIGEONS & EURASIAN COOTS, CIRCEO NATIONAL PARK,SABAUDIA,ITALY, 10/2/2019

   In the first photo, the Common Pochard is the uppermost bird with gray flanks and back.  In the second photo, the two birds on the upper left with gray/whitish flanks and back are Common Pochards.  This last photo was taken at a great distance.  The third photo is a blow-up of the second photo.

   We can ID the ducks on the left as Common Pochards as follows:

• The Pochards are about the same size as the Eurasian Wigeons
• Chestnut head
• Black rear end and tail
• Greyish flanks and back
• Dark bill with grayish band across outer part of upper mandible

   The Common Pochard is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 958.