Painted Northern Shoveler

by Kathy M Krause

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Painted Northern Shoveler

Artist

Kathy M Krause

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Photograph - Ditigal Painting-digital Photo

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The Northern Shoveler has the largest bill of any duck in North America. Nick named spoonbill, the long flat black bill is used to glide side to side under the surface to filter out seeds and invertebrates from the water. Shovelers can often be seen bottoms up as well. The males have distinctive yellow eyes, black bill, green shiny head feathers, white breast, brown sides, black back and orange feet. While in flight you can also see that the male has beautiful grayish blue shoulder feathers and green feathers at the bottom of the wings. The females look similar to the mallard hen but with the notable long bill is the biggest difference. Female shovelers have orange bills and feet and mostly browns in color patterns. They also have black eyes. The Fine Art America watermark will not appear on your purchase. Original photo and digital manipulation/painting are subject to copyright laws and may not be used, altered or duplicated in anyway without written permission from the artist, Kathy M. Krause.

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April 25th, 2018

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