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The Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) is a very common and widespread duch over most of North America. It breeds in the northwestern U.S. and most of western Canada and migrates or winters everyplace else. This species has a very unique bill that is very distinctive. Shovelers feed by swimming through the water with their bill submerged and allowing them to filter small food items from near the surface. There is a shot below of a female skimming her bill through the water in this manner. The shots here show wintering individuals in Austin, Travis Co., Texas. All these shots were taken with a Canon EOS 10D and EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens.

	The three shots on the left show female Northern Shovelers at Port Aransas, Nueces Co., Texas in February, 2001. These shots were taken with a Canon EOS 3 and EF 500mm F/4 L IS lens on Fuji Provia film.
	The next 3 shots, 2 of a male and 1 of a female, were taken at Medicine Lake N.W.R., Sheridan Co., Montana, in June, 2007, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and an EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens.

	The male Northern Shoveler on the left was in Austin, Texas, in April, 2008. This shot was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender.