Add a New Bird to My List: Gadwall Ducks

Gadwall duck pair, Anas strepera, at the Old Mission Dam, San Diego, CA. Always a nice surprise to see a brand new bird in an old, familiar spot. These ducks breed in Northern N. America and spend their Winters South through Mexico, Africa and India! These are lake and pond ducks. While I've seen Mallards and Coots at this particular pond, these are the first Gadwall Ducks.

The Things We Do to Get a Picture

Photographer snapping a picture of the Old Mission Dam, now swollen and overflowing with rainwater. Her husband was patiently watching over the todler in the interim. The dam was built to provide water for a sawmill and for irrigation at the Mission San Diego de Alcalá.