Freshwater Birds Pictures -- National Geographic

Tundra Swan
Photograph by Barry Barnes, My Shot
A tundra swan takes flight in spring in Naknek, Alaska.
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Whooper Swans
Photograph by Ellert Gretarsson, My Shot
On one of my photography tours in Iceland I came up to this beautiful family of whooper swans. In the background is one of the many tongues of the Vatnajökull glacier.
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Swan and Cygnet
Photograph by Shannon Barteau, My Shot
While I was taking a walk around Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, this swan carrying her cygnet swam into the frame.
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Swan
Photograph by Jerry Rideout, My Shot
This swan was resting near the road. It didn't fly away when I drove by, so I turned my truck around and drove up to it and took the photo.
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Swan
Photograph by Dawn Manakis, My Shot
I captured this beautiful swan at Wilcox Lake in Plymouth Township, Michigan. The swan had just finished chasing a bunch of geese out of the lake, then decided to ruffle its feathers in a proud moment.
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Heron
Photograph by Rohan Kulkarni, My Shot
The wait
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Wood Stork
Photograph by Mohammad Alsaleh, My Shot
Wood storks inhabit freshwater or brackish wetlands and swamps and feed by opening their mouths underwater and snapping them shut on incoming fish.
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Storks
Photograph by Neha Parmar, My Shot
Storks necking
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Scarlet Ibis
Photograph by T Jeffery Clarke, My Shot
The scarlet ibis is a large, non-endangered bird of South America and the national bird of Trinidad. The scarlet plumage develops in adulthood due to pigmentation arising from a diet of red crabs.
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Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
Photograph by Bryan Spaeth, My Shot
Yellow-crowned night-heron intently searching for prey. Spotted in St. Louis's Forest Park.
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White-Faced Ibis
Photograph by Jeff Hobbs, My Shot
This wading bird inhabits some areas of the western United States and Mexico.
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Common Loon
Photograph by Shixing Wen, My Shot
A common loon on Elbow Lake, Minnesota, in twilight, taken on July 31, 2010.
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Stork-Billed Kingfisher
Photograph by Teck Siong Loh, My Shot
The stork-billed kingfisher is a tree kingfisher that is widely but sparsely distributed in tropical south Asia. The kingfisher will perch on the tree branch and watch for its prey (fish, shrimp, etc.) to swim by. Once the target is located, it will spear-dive with lightning speed to catch its prey. The moment of the catch is very difficult to capture due to the speed and the uncertain water location of the dive.
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Kingfisher
Photograph by Santosh Kumar, My Shot
Rare to be found in residential areas in India, this bird, along with its partner, seemed to have lost its way after straying into a place it shouldn't be. I had just woken up to find it outside my window on a tree, and here's a snap of it.
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Great Blue Heron
Photograph by Simone Baroni, My Shot
This great blue heron was watching the calm waters of the Lost Lagoon, looking for food. I could get within a couple of meters to take a shot. Vancouver has the largest great blue heron community in the world. And they all live a few meters from downtown!
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Belted Kingfisher
Photograph by Nick Chill, My Shot
After years of chasing belted kingfishers without a single decent photograph, I was out on the San Diego River one morning and was elated to come across an unusually cooperative/camera-friendly female. This lovely lady gave me two hours of quality photographic time, diving for fish, preening, and just being beautiful. This is my favorite shot of that day. I couldn't have asked for a cuter pose.
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Geese and Goslings
Photograph by Douglas Fish, My Shot
Sunrise on a Minnesota lake
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Flamingo
Photograph by Mariam Magsi, My Shot
Flamingos favor environments like estuaries and saline or alkaline lakes.
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Flamingos
Photograph by Justine Wright, My Shot
This small and shallow alkaline-saline lake is in the Rift Valley, Kenya, and is the location of the greatest spectacle of pink flamingos, whose numbers are plentiful.
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Great Egret
Photograph by Phil Lanoue, My Shot
A great egret has success fishing.
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Great Egret
Photograph by John Halvorson, My Shot
Great egret soaring
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Great Egrets
Photograph by Glenn Smith, My Shot
This is a pair of great egrets from an egret rookery near Coos Bay, Oregon, along the Coos River. This pair was in prime courting and mating condition but had not begun nesting. Others in the rookery were already nesting. I was on public property when taking the photo. This is one of 15 that I felt were worthy of printing.
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Canadian Goose
Photograph by Jen Millard, My Shot
Cooling off at Chatfield Reservoir in Littleton, Colorado.
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Blue Heron
Photograph by Steve Ellwood, My Shot
As I waited under my camo drape for a kingfisher to arrive, this little blue heron made an appearance.
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Pied Kingfisher
Photograph by santhosh kumar, My Shot
A kingfisher, perhaps waiting for its food to show up?
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