Yesterday I posted a photo from my archives of one of my favorite winter traditions while I was living in California , and another was a...

With their handsome plumage patterns, over-sized bills, green heads, and yellow eyes, Northern shovelers are my favorite duck species to w...

Northern shovelers are beautiful in any light, but especially when you catch the right reflection off of their iridescent feathers. The rig...

There's just something about northern shovelers that fascinates me, and it's always a pleasure when I get a chance to photograph...

Three poses of this handsome northern shoveler drake preening. There was plenty of posturing between males when a female would swim by, so ...

Northern shovelers are one of my favorite duck species, with their pretty coloration and that oversized bill. Radio Road Ponds in Redwood S...

Northern shovelers are one of my favorite ducks -- right up there with northern pintails. I think the males have really pretty coloration, ...

There is such a great duck diversity around here -- much more than I ever saw growing up on the East Coast, and its fascinating to observe h...

A sequence of images from a few trips to the Radio Road Ponds in Redwood City last year. There's an area where the dowitchers like to c...

I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. This is a special day to spend with our family and friends, and to reflect on the m...

A handsome northern shoveler drake doing a little preening... ... or perhaps some duck yoga:

Northern shovelers are one of my favorite ducks. I think they are strikingly beautiful -- from their exaggerated bills to their subtly brig...