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| Female Northern Shovelers kind of look like female Mallards, except they have wide, flat bills and don't hang out with Mallards. |
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| In this and the next photo, you can see how pretty Northern Shovelers' wings are. |
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| Northern Shovelers flying |
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| Northern Shovelers use their distinctive bills and the comb-like projections on them to filter out tiny crustaceans and seeds from the water. |
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| Great Blue Heron with a stick for it's nest. There seemed to be Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, and Double-crested Cormorants, all nesting in the same trees! |
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| Great Blue Herons usually only are 5-6 pounds, despite being so big! |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| These Northern Shovelers were spinning around each other with their heads underwater, which we thought might be a mating dance, but it's actually just their way of eating. |
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