Talk:Northern Shoveler

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[edit] Wing

Sorry, but the pale blue in the wings isn't the speculum, which is green. It is what we Germans call "Armdecken", i.e. the contour feathers covering the part of the wing derived from the arm. --213.6.97.225 09:52, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've clarified further and added the female's wing. jimfbleak 16:43, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Image gallery

I removed a gallery and several images added recently by Jmgarg1 (talk · contribs).[1] The images are good, but excessive in number, I thought. I moved them into the Commons gallery. Perhaps someone can review them? Some species have galleries, and I don't necessarily object to them. But, I think some balance is needed between the text and the images so the reader is not overwhelmed. Walter Siegmund (talk) 12:45, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Distribution

I'd like to know the basis for the distribution map, having regularly seen this species in downtown Reykjavík at the Tjörnin for the past 30 years I've been there. Current map seems to indicate the species only on the eastern side of Iceland which is plainly wrong. --Stalfur (talk) 02:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)