foraging along the road edge, Viera Wetlands (wastewater treatment settling ponds)
male Masked Duck. No female observed by any other birders that day; appears to be solitary.
Very shy, rarely venturing far from the reeds.
I had had a fabulous day birding in Viera Florida (at the waste water treatment plant's settling ponds!!!). I was riding high after seeing and photographing a male Masked Duck, which is a 'life bird' -- a bird one expects to see only once in their lifetime. As I left the WWTP and headed back for the Interstate, lo and behold! A pair of Sand Hill Cranes picking grain in a field adjacent to the road!! The winds had picked up and the sun was getting low, but I caught this male looking up and into the sun. He was almost 5 feet tall, which totally astounded me.
Immature White Ibis photographed at Viera Wetlands (wastewater treatment settling ponds), in Viera, FL
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Red-shouldered Hawk
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Northern Harrier
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Pied-billed Grebe
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Glossy Ibis
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Boat-tailed Grackle
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Mottled Duck
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Caspian Tern
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Marsh Wren
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Common Ground-Dove
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Black-bellied Whistling_Ducks
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Least Bittern
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Least Terns
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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