Sunrise at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
January, 12, 2018 - I finally moved on, and I found a flock of Northern Pintails fairly close to the road.... Read more
Northern Pintail
 | I’m a distinctive-looking duck that winters in Florida. If you look at my tail, it comes to a sharp point, hence my name “pin-tail.” Our males have a distinctive brown head, and our females are mottled brown. Most Likely Found: In a pond, In the marsh When: Winter Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Read more: Northern Pintail at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Northern Pintail eBird range |
I have written 7 posts including a photo of a Northern Pintail
Christmas Bird Count 2017 at the Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
December, 17, 2017 - We found a variety of "good" duck species, like American Wigeon, a few Northern Pintail, and Gadwall.... Read more
Lifer Clapper Rail at Merritt Island NWR
January, 25, 2015 - Northern Pintails - the male on the left with the characteristic "pin tail", and the female on the right doing what dabbling ducks do best - stick their butts in the air!... Read more
Lakeland Christmas Bird Count 2014
December, 21, 2014 - We also scanned each group of ducks and gulls - you never know when a nice Northern Pintail or a Franklin's Gull will show up!... Read more
Silly Bird, Turn Your Head This Way!!
December, 30, 2011 - My friend Donna had said that the afternoon light was best for trying to photograph the Northern Pintails, a duck that is wintering at Merritt Island in great numbers right now.... Read more
Another Great Sunrise at the Circle B Bar Reserve
January, 9, 2011 - Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks prepare to land We hoped to see the Northern Pintails off the south side of Marsh Rabbit Run, where they were yesterday.... Northern Pintail Species List: American Bittern, American Coot, American Goldfinch (heard), American Robin, American White Pelican, American Wigeon, Anhinga, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher (heard), Black-Bellied…... Read more
What’s Going On Up There?
December, 17, 2010 - Another birder pointed out a pair of Northern Pintails. I've never seen them before, so that was pretty cool.... Northern Pintails I spotted a Wilson's Snipe flying overhead (another Circle B first for me.) Nearby, a Pied-Billed Grebe had a fish, which he proceeded to slowly swallow...... Species list: Anhinga,…... Read more