SE Colorado Birding: More Ring-necked Duck pics

Friday, February 09, 2007

More Ring-necked Duck pics

The top photo of the Ring-neck Duck I photographed at Pueblo Res yesterday shows the details of the bill-a white edging around the base of the bill, white around the nostrils (called nares), the white band then the black tip. The eye is a bright yellowish orange.

In the lower pic the duck had just lifted its bill out of the water. I caught a few drops of water dripping from its bill.
SeEtta

Labels: birds, Pueblo Reservoir, Ring-necked Ducks

Why bird southeast Colorado?

From our high montane areas to the riparian areas along the Arkansas River as it exits Colorado, southeast Colorado offers birding opportunities for beginners to those serious birders who seek out the less common species. We have great shortgrass and sandsage prairie birding including public areas on the Comanche National Grasslands. We have wetlands including playa lakes (playas are important shallow, depressional wetlands that provide essential habitat for waterfowl and many other bird species). We have small lakes (such as Lake Cheraw north of La Junta)and large lakes (such as John Martin Reservoir that encompasses 35 square miles) that host an impressive diversity of bird species. And we have large expanses of pinyon-juniper woodlands with their special birding opportunities.

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