Geese, Swans, and Ducks

The following photos were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 995 Digital Camera attached to a Kowa TSN4 telescope.

Fulvous Whistling-duck - Grand Kankakee Marsh, Hebron, Indiana - June 8, 2002

Black-bellied Whistling-duck - Anzalduas State Park, McAllen, Texas - July, 2007

Greater White-fronted Goose - Kankakee FWA, Indiana - March, 2002

Snow Goose - Kankakee FWA, Indiana - March, 1994

Snow Goose (Juvenile "Blue Goose") - Michigan City Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana - February, 2003

Ross's Goose - Forsythe Park, Hammond, Indiana - February, 2006

Ross's Goose X Snow Goose hybrid (white morph adult) - Elkhart, Indiana - May, 2003

Cackling Goose - Whitefish Point, MI. - October, 2002 and Hammond, IN. - January, 2002

Mute Swan - Forsythe Park, Hammond, Indiana - February, 2002 and May, 2006

Trumpeter Swan - Juno Lake, Edwardsburg, MI. - February, 2003

Tundra Swan - Jasper Pulaski FWA, Indiana - March, 2002

* Wood Duck - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - March, 2003

Gadwall - Hammond, Indiana - February, 2003

Gadwall (male with an odd purple sheen on the crown) - Hammond, Indiana - January, 2008

Eurasian Wigeon - Grand Haven, Michigan - February, 1993

American Wigeon - Michigan City Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana - November, 1995

American Black Duck - Michigan City Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana - February, 2003

Mallard - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - March, 2007

Blue-winged Teal - Kankakee Sands, IN - June, 2002 and Forsythe Park, Hammond, IN - April, 2003

Cinnamon Teal - LaPorte, Indiana - April, 2006

Northern Shoveler - Forsythe Park, Hammond, Indiana - April, 2003

Northern Pintail (male) - Hammond, Indiana - February, 2008

Northern Pintail (female) - Hammond Marina, Hammond, Indiana - January, 2003

Canvasback - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - March, 2007

Redhead (male) - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - March, 2007

Redhead (female) - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - March, 2007

Ring-necked Duck - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - February, 2003 and March, 2007

Greater Scaup - Hammond Marina, Hammond, Indiana - January, 2003

Lesser Scaup - Michigan City Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana - November, 1995

Common Eider (with young) - Machias, Maine - April, 1997

King Eider (female) - Jeorse Park, E. Chicago, Indiana - January, 1998

Harlequin Duck (immature male) - Michigan City Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana - December, 2005

Harlequin Duck (immature males) - Michigan City Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana - November, 1995

Harlequin Duck (adult male) - Michigan City Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana - November, 1995

Harlequin Duck (female) - Port of Indiana, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2008

Bufflehead Male - Michigan City Harbor, IN - February, 2003 and female - Hammond Marina, IN - January, 2003

Common Goldeneye (male) - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - February, 2003

Common Goldeneye (female) - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - March, 2007

Hybrid Hooded Merganser X Common Goldeneye (male) - Hammond Marina, Hammond, Indiana - February, 2004

* Hooded Merganser (male and female) - Hammond, Indiana - January, 2003

Common Merganser (male and female) - Georgetown, Colorado - April, 2005

Red-breasted Merganser (male and female) - Hammond Marina, Hammond, IN - January, 2003 and December, 2003

Long-tailed Duck - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - December, 2001

Black Scoter (female or immature) - Port of Indiana, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2008

Surf Scoter (female, 1st year male, and adult male) - Hammond Marina, Hammond, IN - Nov., 2002 and March, 2005, and Beverly Shores, IN - Jan., 2004

White-winged Scoter (adult male) - Moss Landing, California - August, 1995

White-winged Scoter (female or immature) - Port of Indiana, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2008

Ruddy Duck (male) - St. Joe River, Elkhart, Indiana - March, 2007

Ruddy Duck (female) - Southeastern Lake County, Indiana - May, 2004


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