Saturday Bath 2 is a photograph by Norman Johnson which was uploaded on February 16th, 2015.
Saturday Bath 2
Black bellied whistling duck in a marshy area of the Circle B Bar Preserve in Lakeland, Florida. The black-bellied whistling duck�(dendrocygna... more
Title
Saturday Bath 2
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Black bellied whistling duck in a marshy area of the Circle B Bar Preserve in Lakeland, Florida. The black-bellied whistling duck�(dendrocygna autumnalis) has a range that extends from the gulf coast states of the United States, including Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina, down through Mexico,�Central America, and into South America as far as northern Argentina.They are mainly residential birds with some minor movement in the most northern and southern parts of their ranges during the respective colder periods. They tend to frequent shallow freshwater lakes, ponds, �marshes, cultivated land, and�reservoirs with emergent vegetation.
Also know as the black-bellied tree duck or whistling duck, it is a medium sized duck measuring from 19" to 22" in length with a wingspan from 30" to 37".It has a black belly and a short black tail, a pale gray face and neck, and a rich chestnut cap and back of the neck. The chest and back are chestnut brown and they have a broad white wing stripe. The bill is red and the feet are pink. They have a distinctive thin white eye ring and the underside of their wings is white.
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February 16th, 2015
