Welcome! This week I wanted to introduce you to a pretty rare visitor around Yellowknife, the Ruddy duck. This species is one of the smaller uduck species, being a little larger than Buffleheads but smaller than Common Goldeneye. This probably doesn’t help if you don’t have a good understanding od the different sizes of ducks. Buffleheads and Green-Winged Teals are …
This week I have some images of waterfowl that are common visitors around Yellowknife in the breeding season. I am still working on my duck identification skills however, these birds are some that I can readily identify in the field. It took some time to figure out how to differentiate the female Northern shovelers from the female mallards as their …
Spring is finally moving into summer and the birds are settled in nesting and some are even raising their first brood. Ducks and other waterfowl are usually the first birds to arrive in Yellowknife after the gulls. There are a lot of different duck species and it takes a bit of time to be able to identify them particularly when …