Phriday Photo - A Texas Memory

by The Birdfreak Team on February 22, 2008 · 8 comments

in Phriday Photo

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

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Moe 02.23.08 at 9:36 am

Nice shots! Never seen a black-bellied whistling duck before! Very pretty.

mon@rch 02.23.08 at 7:02 pm

stunning photo and only seen these guys in an aviary!

Daniel 02.23.08 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!

Lana 02.24.08 at 1:21 pm

Wow…Brilliant shot!

Vern 02.25.08 at 3:22 am

Great picture! One was up here in PA last year and it caused quite a stir in the birding community.

Helena 02.27.08 at 12:09 pm

I love that picture!

My old blog (birderbabe.blogspot.com) was shut down, so here is my new one:
helenalovesbirds.blogspot.com

Larry 02.28.08 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).

Birdfreak 02.29.08 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!!!

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