Black-bellied Whistling Ducks In A Tree At The Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, Tx, 2007
Photo Study Of A Trio Of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks At Cape May, July 29th, 2010
The trio of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks was feeding near the bird blind on the Lighthouse Pool at Cape May again this morning. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) is a striking and gregarious duck of the Neotropics. It usually reaches the United States only in the very southern parts. It breeds from tropical central to south-central South America but it can also be found year-round in parts of southeast Texas and seasonally in southeast Arizona and Louisiana's Gulf Coast. It is a rare breeder in such disparate locations as Florida, Arkansa, Georgia and South Carolina..With its long neck, long legs, black belly, and white wing patch it makes a distinctive-looking waterfowl. 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.
Black-bellied
Whistling Ducks In A Tree At The Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio,
Tx, 2007
They look most like ducks, but their lack of sexual dimorphism, relatively long-term pair bonds, and lack of complex pair-forming behavior more resembles geese and swans. They feed on aquatic plants, grass, grain, insects, and mollusks. (Cornell BNA; Wikpedia)
Trio
Of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks At Cape May State Park's Lighthouse Pool
Black-bellied
Whistling Duck Swims
Pair
Of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Swim Through The Duck Weed
Portrait
Of A Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Please click on either the thumbnails or captions below to see a larger image...thanks!
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