The Sunday BIRD Volume 8, Issue 35 February 17, 2013

Near the mud flats of Pt. Isabel in the San Francisco Bay I thought at first it sight the bird below was a mallard but the beak was way to large. This Northern Shoveler was filtering the muddy water for food.

E-PL1 with Panasonic 45-200

Close by, traversing the mud and wading in the water, were the more typical shore birds below that I believe are called Willets.

E-PL1 with Panasonic 45-200

Rob
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