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Ray Wilson
Bird & Wildlife Photography
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Northern Shoveler
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Anas clypeata
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Male - Devon, England - March 2003
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| The broad, flattened, shovel-shaped bill of the Shoveler is extremely well adapted for filter feeding. Shovelers forage by swinging their bill back and forth across the surface of the water to collect items of plankton and small invertebrates in its bill. |
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Moulting eclipse male - Norfolk, England - September 2002
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| Most male ducks moult into an eclipse plumage after breeding. This usually takes the form of a more cryptic, female-like colouration to aid camouflage for the brief period when the ducks simultaneously moult all their flight feathers and temporarily lose their ability to fly. |
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