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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: cosmo3667 on March 12, 2014, 04:55:15 PM

Title: White Winged Scoter
Post by: cosmo3667 on March 12, 2014, 04:55:15 PM
Boy these ducks can eat large amounts of Zebra Mussels and should be in every lake that has them, Swallowing whole large groupings of the mussels
Coming in to feed
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/WhiteWingedScoter1_zpsc2e62060.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/WhiteWingedScoter1_zpsc2e62060.jpg.html)

Surfacing from a dive empty handed one of a few usually came up with a cluster of mussels
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/WhiteWingedScoter4_zps667fd926.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/WhiteWingedScoter4_zps667fd926.jpg.html)

Resting before diving again
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/WhiteWingedScoter8_zpsbcdffbe1.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/WhiteWingedScoter8_zpsbcdffbe1.jpg.html)

Nice meal ready to be swallowed whole
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/WhiteWingedScoter12_zpse913003c.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/WhiteWingedScoter12_zpse913003c.jpg.html)

Ready to go down the hatch
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/WhiteWingedScoter14_zps5bff69a1.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/WhiteWingedScoter14_zps5bff69a1.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/WhiteWingedScoter16_zps789b4d68.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/WhiteWingedScoter16_zps789b4d68.jpg.html)

Females did well too
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/WhiteWingedScoter21_zps09630127.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/WhiteWingedScoter21_zps09630127.jpg.html)

Surfacing and keeping a eye on me
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/WhiteWingedScoter26_zps6f07de20.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/WhiteWingedScoter26_zps6f07de20.jpg.html)