Pictured is a female northern Shoveler, binomial name Spatula clypeata, swimming near the edge of a large pond in McInnish Park in Carrollton, Texas. The female is a drab mottled brown like other dabblers, but easily distinguished by the long broad bill. They swing the bill from side to side straining food from the water. Thus, mud-bottomed marshes rich in invertebrate life are their habitat of choice.