{"id":293,"date":"2014-04-06T18:40:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T18:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/?p=293"},"modified":"2014-04-06T18:41:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T18:41:24","slug":"northern-shoveler-anas-clypeata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2014\/04\/06\/northern-shoveler-anas-clypeata\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_206\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Northern-Shoveler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"size-large wp-image-206\" alt=\"Northern Shoveler have a spatulate bill.\" src=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Northern-Shoveler-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Northern-Shoveler-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Northern-Shoveler-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Northern-Shoveler-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Shovelers have a spatulate bill.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Often in the wetlands and marshes of shoreline do you find these ducks, wading for some food to eat. I have seen them several times, and the photo above shows a female duck. The males are more brightly colored than the females, and technically shovelers are found all across the northern hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Shoveler, as I read about a while ago, is actually a rare vagrant to Australia! I do not see why they have to go all the way there when they have the whole northern hemisphere to themselves!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often in the wetlands and marshes of shoreline do you find these ducks, wading for some food to eat. I have seen them several times, and the photo above shows a female duck. The males are more brightly colored than the females, and technically shovelers are found all across the northern hemisphere. 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