Xenornis

Also Northern Shoveler . Blue-winged Teals too, of course, but maybe some other dabblers as well. But here are a couple of Northern Pintails —I counted at least three Thursday.

Danny George visited Rodman ponds and found four  Wigeon , plus the female  Pintail among the teal.

The female  Northern Pintail was seen at dusk with a small flock of blue-winged Teal at Rodman Ponds. The  Shovelers were also seen.

On sunday, december 14, the Kauftañez family along with the Murdochs and María Allen visited Rodman Ponds at noon in hopes of finding a Sora, but instead discovered a pair of Northern Pintails swimming among the Whistling-Ducks and Shovelers. Rosabel was the first to spot them, their long necks gave them a slim, pintail-like appearance. We approached to get a better look with Wally's scope and were able to observe the male preening.The head was dark brown, darker in the crown and nape, and the breast was white with a few vague buffy spots. We couldn´t see the white line on the sides of the neck, but María did. The flanks were patterned in black and white, and the undertail coverts were black. The tail was pointed, but wasn´t as long as that of an adult male. Then on tuesday, dec 16, Darién, Delicia and Camilo went with Danny George and Steve Droste to look for it and saw the female. It looked "just like the picture", with the same slim shape of the birds seen on sunday. I...

A pair of  Northern Pintails were seen at noon on Rodman Ponds swimming among the Whistling-Ducks. Also present were about a dozen  Northern Shovelers .