Picture A Day - November 7, 2009
Northern Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks

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Often called the most "un-duck-like" of duck species, the Black-Bellied Whistling Duck is common throughout Central and South America, but can only be found on the far southern fringe of the United States, and usually during the summer months. This brace of about ten whistling ducks was spotted just before sunset in the swampy lakes at Brazos Bend State Park, south of Houston, in late October. Very wary, they would come to a complete stop and bunch together when I came within a hundred feet.