cntlaw

2013.10.19 Mai Po #11

[ Last edited by cntlaw at 2/11/2013 23:43 ]

thui

Female Northern Pintail?

ddavid

Ducks at this time of year can be confusing. The bird in the foreground is a juvenile male Northern Pintail moulting into adult breeding plumage. You can see that it is gaining the chocolate-brown head colouration typical of drake Northern  Pintail. The bird behind the male is female Northern Pintail.

David

cntlaw

It was difficult, dear all, many many thanks