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December 9, 2015 by Mike Powell

“You don’t look at all like your profile photo,” said one flamboyant duck to the other during the awkward first moments of a meet-up arranged through the internet dating site quack.com. Duck dating has moved into the 21st century.

For the record, the duck on the left is a male Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) and the one on the right a male Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata).

I welcome other suggestions for a caption for this photo as well as general wise quacks.

Posted in Birds, Humor, Nature, Photography | Tagged Alexandria VA, Anas carolinensis, Anas clypeata, Canon 50D, Green-winged teal, Huntley Meadows Park, Northern Shoveler, Tamron 150-600mm telephoto | 9 Comments

9 Responses

on December 9, 2015 at 9:42 am | Reply Myriam (Myr's Bytes)

They do make a pretty pair with their similar coloring. Beautiful photo :-).

Telonious and Shane are checking out the lovely hens in the pond that morning. Shane says to Telo “Want to be my wingman?”
on December 9, 2015 at 11:59 am | Reply Charlie@Seattle Trekker

We do get so tangled in human contrivances don’t we…Your photo is sweet.
- on December 10, 2015 at 9:32 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Charlie.
on December 9, 2015 at 1:08 pm | Reply Birder's Journey

Super shot of this pair. Your caption is fantastic ;-D
- on December 10, 2015 at 9:32 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. I love it when I can manage to get two different species in a single shot and a sense that they are interacting.
on December 10, 2015 at 4:59 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

The difference in size is interesting. Maybe the northern shoveler should keep looking.
- on December 10, 2015 at 9:18 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  I was surprised by the size difference too. Somehow I thought they were about the same size.
on December 10, 2015 at 8:29 am | Reply Sue

What a gorgeous photo, Mike. Great color and clarity. All you needed was a Widgeon or a Mallard to make a trio of handsome bachelors…
- on December 10, 2015 at 9:18 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  The Northern Shovelers have been hanging around the shore for over a week, but it was a surprise to see a Green-winged Teal so close in. There have been some Northern Pintails around too, but not in the same area.