Tuesday, 11 October 2016

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY - Castle Espie Ducks and Geese

I visited WWT at Castle Espie last Saturday and these Eider ducks were in tip top form all displaying to the females who mostly appeared to be taking no interest in them, in fact quite a few were sleeping!!! At the end I have added a video of Snow Geese and Red-breasted Geese preening and having a bath. 






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I hope you enjoyed seeing these ducks and geese.

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20 comments:

  1. Janice11 October 2016 at 14:23

    Such beautiful feathers!

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  2. Linda at To Behold The Beauty11 October 2016 at 14:26

    Such gorgeous shots of those beautiful ducks!

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  3. Ginny Hartzler11 October 2016 at 14:35

    The eider ducks are gorgeous! I know they are the source of eider down, the finest and softest padding for jackets and pillows. I hope they are not killed just for this purpose.So beautiful.

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  4. Elephant's Child11 October 2016 at 14:49

    I love the thought of totally disinterested females. Of any species.

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  5. Les Fous du Cap11 October 2016 at 16:10

    Très bel oiseau ;-)
    Céline & Philippe

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  6. TexWisGirl11 October 2016 at 21:30

    such neat ducks.

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  7. Christine11 October 2016 at 23:41

    The males were putting on quite a show but not good enough for the females! Lovely photos!

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  8. Linda W.12 October 2016 at 00:46

    Nice looking ducks!

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  9. Breathtaking12 October 2016 at 00:49

    Beautiful ducks, and not a feather out of place!

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  10. Bill 12 October 2016 at 03:28

    Absolutely beautiful--- And it's like they KNOW it.

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  11. Ruth Hiebert12 October 2016 at 05:02

    The Eider Ducks are so smooth and very lovely.

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  12. Unknown12 October 2016 at 05:03

    I love the noise that Eiders make, it always makes me smile.

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  13. Sallie (FullTime-Life)12 October 2016 at 05:13

    They are handsome ducks indeed ... funny how they go to all that work only to be ignored (only that will be temporary, so I suppose it's just practice)

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  14. HBF12 October 2016 at 05:57

    Gorgeous! And fun watching the one bathing :o) Thank you for sharing!

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  15. Taken For Granted12 October 2016 at 09:08

    Those Eider ducks are really handsome. Great shots, as always.

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  16. Gayle12 October 2016 at 22:01

    A beautiful species. You captured them nicely.

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  17. Liz Needle12 October 2016 at 22:22

    What beautiful little ducks the Eider are. I have never seen one before. Thanks.

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  18. Linda13 October 2016 at 14:08

    Beautiful! I have ducks today too.

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  19. Christian Perrin13 October 2016 at 22:03

    Great images of such unusual ducks, Margaret. Really wish I'd seen the eiders when I lived in the UK, though I am happy with my memory of the lovely tufted ducks in the London ponds.

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  20. Unknown20 October 2016 at 21:56

    Lovely photos of these handsome ducks!

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