Rostand - Tadorna ferruginea - Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorne casarca

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Rostand - Tadorna ferruginea - Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorne casarca

© NF Photo 121120,  Layounne, Western Sahara, Morocco

 

A very beautiful duck we saw a few of in Morocco. I love the color of it. They seem to be in winter plumage as I can´t see the black ring around their necks.

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121119 Wetland south of Layounne

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© NF Photo 121119, Layounne , Western Sahara, Morocco

 

I can see Ruddy Shelduck and Stilts among others in the last shot. And a heron. The rest is probably some ducks and gulls.

This was the only place we birded this day and we were above the area. ¤ of the guys went down but my foot was bleeding so I could not. It was not easy either in the sand to get down.
 

This place is rather close to the Atlantic Ocean but with no connections to it or any river. It is groundwater down there.

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 Ruddy Shelduck, Black-winged Stilt, Layounne, Western Sahara,

Rostand - Tadorna ferruginea - Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorne casarca

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Rostand - Tadorna ferruginea - Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorne casarca

NF Photo 121112, Oued Massa, Souss Massa, Morocco

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 Tadorna ferruginea, Rostand, Ruddy Shelduck, Souss Massa, Souss-Massa-Draa,