Wood Duck - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Female Wood Duck - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Female Ring-necked Duck - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Male Ring-necked Duck - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Lesser Scaup with identity crisis - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Lesser Scaup - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Portrait of an American Coot - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Ring-billed Gull - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Juvenile (left) and adult Ring-billed Gulls - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Female Bufflehead - 12/23/13 Santee Lakes
These birds are so hard to photograph because they're always far off. Every time I've ever gotten a photo of one, it always looks to me like they are smiling. Makes me smile
Northern Mockingbird - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Trio of Snowy Egrets - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Surprise of the day - Nutmeg Mannikins - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
We saw at least 5. Mixture of immatures and adults.
Female Canvasback - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Blue-winged Teal - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Green-winged Teal - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Cinnamon Teals male and female - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Northern Pintail - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
This was a rather dull looking male. Head feathers weren't the usual shimmery brown I'm used to seeing. No idea what he was looking at, but whatever it was didn't alarm him. Just piqued his curiosity.
Osprey - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Redhead - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Rehead - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
Redhead (look, I know I'm beautiful, but aren't you done taking pictures yet?) - 12/23/13 - Santee Lakes
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