Water Fowl Help

[Mark]

I took a series of pictures at one spot at Mitchel Lake Audubon Center here in San Antonio, TX on Saturday 29 Feb. There were a ton of Northern Shovelers that day, but many here I don't recognize. I am not up to speed really well on water fowl. I also recognized in the pictures the Black Necked Stilts. I think the one picture also has an American Avocet, and there were some green winged teals in another area (at least I think that is what they are :). Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark 

[akandula]

Northern Shovelers, American Wigeons, Green-winged Teals, Black-necked Stilts, and an American Avocet is everything I can see.

Edited March 8, 2020 by akandula

[Mark]

Awesome. Thank you very much. It was the Wigeons and Teals I was uncertain of what they were. First seen for me of these birds.

[Jefferson Shank]

 

Northern Shovelers, American Wigeons, Green-winged Teals, Black-necked Stilts, and an American Avocet is everything I can see.

This is all I can see too.

[Tony Leukering]

On 3/8/2020 at 7:25 PM, Mark said:

Black Necked Stilts

Note the syntax of this species' name -- Black-necked Stilt. It's a stilt with a black neck, not a black stilt with a neck. "Black" and "necked" form a compound adjective and modify "stilt" together, not independently. Note also that it is "Great Crested Flycatcher," not "Great-crested Flycatcher," as the species certainly lacks a "great crest." Instead, it is a large flycatcher with a crest, so "great" and "crested" are modifying "flycatcher" independently of each other.