[Length 23 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This female Red-breasted Merganser was photographed in Coot Bay Pond in Everglades National Park, Florida. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: February 1983)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This female Red-breasted Merganser in flight was photographed at Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 1990)

[Length 22 (Female) to 28 (Male) in. Wingspan ?? in.]

This Nene (or Hawaiian Goose) is a captive bird which was photographed in a park's waterfowl display enclosure on the "Big Island" of Hawaii. Photo taken with a 300 mm f4.5 ED Nikkor lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: December 1981)

[Length 22 (Female) to 28 (Male) in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Nene (or Hawaiian Goose) was photographed at St. James Park, London, England, and is part of the captive waterfowl collection there. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 21 (Female) to 25 (Male) in. Wingspan 34 in.]

The Northern Pintail is one of the most common and widespread ducks in North America. It breeds in the central and western US, all across the northern US, and in virtually all of Alaska and Canada (save Newfoundland and Labrador, and the high arctic reaches such as Baffin and Ellsmere Islands). The males are handsome with their chocolate heads, snow-white breasts and neck stripe, silver-gray bodies, and the long tail plumes which give them their name of "Pintail". This male was photographed at the Lake Hood Seaplane Marina in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm f4.5 ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 21 (Female) to 25 (Male) in. Wingspan 34 in.]

This female Northern Pintail was photographed in the grass along a small pond in a city park in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1994)

[Length 21 (Female) to 25 (Male) in. Wingspan 34 in.]

This Northern Pintail was photographed at Lakeside Park, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=405mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: September 27, 2007)

[Length 21 (Female) to 25 (Male) in. Wingspan 34 in.]

This Northern Pintail was photographed at Lakeside Park, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=405mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: September 27, 2007)