James, what Malcolm means is male shovelers in eclipse plumage. In ducks, eclipse plumage replaces the breeding plumage after the breeding season and appears at a time when the main flight feathers are moulting. Eclipse plumage is usually much duller than normal plumage
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Oh I see. I looked up eclipse and it seemed to refer to mallards. I appreciate the education Daniele and Malcolm and thanks Neil
Nice spotting, James. Awesome beaks. I've never seen anything like them. I've learned something about plumage as well :-)
James, what Malcolm means is male shovelers in eclipse plumage. In ducks, eclipse plumage replaces the breeding plumage after the breeding season and appears at a time when the main flight feathers are moulting. Eclipse plumage is usually much duller than normal plumage
Thank you Malcolm, but the beaks look wrong for eclipse. Look like shoveler.
Looks like eclipse males.