{"id":9403,"date":"2022-01-30T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=9403"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:37:51","slug":"wintering-waterfowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/30\/wintering-waterfowl\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintering Waterfowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It started off being a rather quiet year for waterfowl. No matter where we went in December and early January, the numbers seemed down from years past. But the last couple of weeks have changed everything. Not only have the number of ducks improved, but we found a couple of species that we hadn\u2019t seen in our travels. Most notably is the northern pintail. We located a small nature preserve near Tampa Bay that the ducks liked. In addition to the pintails, we found northern shovelers, widgeons, and plenty of teal, including my favorite, a green-winged teal. Hopefully they\u2019ll stick around for a few more weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2247\" height=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220115-3-northern-pintail-male-flying-by.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Pintail Male Flying By\" class=\"wp-image-98778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220115-3-northern-pintail-male-flying-by.jpg 2247w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220115-3-northern-pintail-male-flying-by-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220115-3-northern-pintail-male-flying-by-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220115-3-northern-pintail-male-flying-by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220115-3-northern-pintail-male-flying-by-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220115-3-northern-pintail-male-flying-by-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2247px) 100vw, 2247px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Male Northern Pintail Flying By<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1812\" height=\"1209\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220113-3-northern-pintail-male-with-long-tail-swimming-to-left.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Pintail Male With Long Tail Swimming To Left\" class=\"wp-image-98774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220113-3-northern-pintail-male-with-long-tail-swimming-to-left.jpg 1812w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220113-3-northern-pintail-male-with-long-tail-swimming-to-left-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220113-3-northern-pintail-male-with-long-tail-swimming-to-left-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220113-3-northern-pintail-male-with-long-tail-swimming-to-left-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220113-3-northern-pintail-male-with-long-tail-swimming-to-left-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1812px) 100vw, 1812px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Northern Pintail Male Swimming to the Left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220120-5-green-winged-teal-blasting-off.jpg\" alt=\"Green Winged Teal Blasting Off\" class=\"wp-image-98797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220120-5-green-winged-teal-blasting-off.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220120-5-green-winged-teal-blasting-off-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220120-5-green-winged-teal-blasting-off-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220120-5-green-winged-teal-blasting-off-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220120-5-green-winged-teal-blasting-off-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220120-5-green-winged-teal-blasting-off-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Green-winged Teal Male Blasting Off the Water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More photos have been uploaded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/dabbling-ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Dabbling Ducks<\/strong><\/a> gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It started off being a rather quiet year for waterfowl. No matter where we went in December and early January, the numbers seemed down from years past. But the last couple of weeks have changed everything. Not only have the number of ducks improved, but we found a couple of species that we hadn\u2019t seen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-9403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","tag-nature"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220115-5-flock-of-blue-winged-teal-flaring-to-land.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109914,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403\/revisions\/109914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}