Phriday Photo – A Texas Memory

by The Birdfreak Team on February 22, 2008

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in Weslaco, Texas at the Valley Nature Center.

{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Moe February 23, 2008 at 9:36 am: Nice shots! Never seen a black-bellied whistling duck before! Very pretty.
2 mon@rch February 23, 2008 at 7:02 pm: stunning photo and only seen these guys in an aviary!
3 Daniel February 23, 2008 at 10:42 pm: Oh Boy!!!
that is one of the 3 resident duck species here in Honduras..in villages on swampy areas people keep em as poultry and they roost with the chickens…but the best of BBWD (Pichiches in Honduras) is their call….that wiiiIIII they do man it made my day back when I did fieldwork of my thesis on a RAMSAR site lovely to see them in flight…great photo folks!
4 Lana February 24, 2008 at 1:21 pm: Wow…Brilliant shot!
5 Vern February 25, 2008 at 3:22 am: Great picture! One was up here in PA last year and it caused quite a stir in the birding community.
6 Helena February 27, 2008 at 12:09 pm: I love that picture!

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7 Larry February 28, 2008 at 6:25 pm: Those are some pretty cool looking ducks!I thought They almost don’t look real at first glance (coming from someone who’s never seen them before).
8 Birdfreak February 29, 2008 at 3:35 pm: thanks for all your wonderful comments! Have only seen these once in Texas and can’t wait to go back.

It would be awesome to see them in Honduras!!!