animals; aves; Birds; Birds; duck;ducks;Waterfowl; New Jersey
Adult male in alternate plumage is unmistakable. Females, immature and eclipse-plumage males could be confused with Black Ducks, Gadwalls and Mottled Ducks, but note the blue speculum with white borders on both sides. Gadwalls are also distinctive...
Rare to have action shots during this era of photography, Finley and Bohlman are able to capture a Mallard in take off at Klamath Marsh during a 1905 photography trip to the area.
Hand painted glass slide of a Mallard just before it lands in Klamath Marsh. Taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1905 photography trip to the area that would later help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.