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I went back through my photos and found one where you *can* see the green on the male wigeon’s head!

Here’s a male and a female, plus a coot. The coots were scattered around the entire pond, while the wigeons were mostly at one end (probably not coincidentally, the end where people were more likely to stand around tossing bread into the water. Right next to the sign saying not to feed the birds, especially not bread.)

#birds #wigeon #nature #photo #coot

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Call your doctor if you experience double wigeon.

There were SO MANY wigeons at the pond that day. A lot of the males were making this whistling sound like a squeaky toy and making a big display of flapping their wings. Duck waving, I suppose you could call it.

The males’ heads also had this green iridescence, but I couldn’t capture it.

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I saw a few dozen wigeons swimming in the pond as well. Some of them were swimming in male/female pairings, while some of the males were making whistling/squeaky noises and displaying their wings.

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I had such a hard time getting a shot of this Yellow-Rumped Warbler

I had such a hard time getting a shot of this Yellow-Rumped Warbler. It kept hopping from one twig to another as I tried to aim the camera, and actually hid behind some branches for a bit. But I finally got it!

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Black Phoebes are one of those birds that I never noticed until a couple of years ago

Black Phoebes are one of those birds that I never noticed until a couple of years ago, but now I see them *all the time*. I’m fairly certain they’ve been here all along and I just wasn’t paying enough attention to birds before.

#phoebe #blackphoebe #birds #nature #photo

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Wigeons and Allies

I saw a few dozen wigeons swimming in the pond as well. Some of them were swimming in male/female pairings, while some of the males were making whistling/squeaky noises and displaying their wings.

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Mallard (pair swimming at Pollywog)

Mallard

I think this pair of mallards might be the only ones I saw in the pond. Mostly I saw coots, wigeons and gulls.

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American Coot

I saw *dozens* of coots swimming in the pond.

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California Gull

There were about a dozen seagulls swimming in the pond, and half as many walking around on the sidewalk.

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Large White-headed Gulls

There were about a dozen seagulls swimming in the pond, and half as many walking around on the sidewalk.

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American Coot

There were a *lot* of coots swimming in the pond, and one or two walking around nearby.

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Large White-headed Gulls

There were about a dozen seagulls swimming in the pond, and half as many walking around on the sidewalk.

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Ring-billed Gull

There were about a dozen seagulls swimming in the pond, and half as many walking around on the sidewalk.

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Canada Goose

Sometimes I see a *lot* of geese wandering around the park or swimming in the pond. Today I only saw three: these two across the pond in the tiny wildlife “sanctuary,” and another that was standing on the near side of the pond a few feet away from someone (else) who was taking pictures of it.

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