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Northern Shoveler drake, Broomfield County, Colorado, 1/06. |
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Northern Shoveler drake, Broomfield County, Colorado, 1/06. |
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Northern Shoveler hen, Jefferson County, Colorado, 11/05. |
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Northern Shoveler flock in flight, Larimer County, Colorado, 11/04. |
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Northern Shoveler hens in flight, Larimer County, Colorado, 11/04. |
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Northern Shoveler flock in flight, Larimer County, Colorado, 11/04. |
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Northern Shoveler hen, Bosque del Apache NWR, NM, 11/04. |
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Molting Northern Shoveler (male), Jefferson County, Colorado, 2/04. |
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Molting Northern Shoveler (male), Jefferson County, Colorado, 2/04. |
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Female Northern Shoveler, Jefferson County, Colorado, 2/04. |
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Northern Shoveler drake at Belmar Park, Lakewood, Colorado. |
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Northern Shoveler drake preening at Walden Ponds, Boulder,
Colorado. |
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Northern Shoveler hen at Belmar Park, Lakewood, Colorado. |
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A "wheel" of feeding Northern Shovelers and
opportunistic Ring-Billed Gulls and other diving ducks. The shovelers
use this communal feeding behavior to stir up food that they strain with
their distinctive bills. Gravel pond in Thornton, Colorado. |
