The picture is not as clear as I wanted - but can you please help identify these lovely ducks? I've had no luck so far with my Michigan field guide....Thank you!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Mystery Ducks!
The picture is not as clear as I wanted - but can you please help identify these lovely ducks? I've had no luck so far with my Michigan field guide....Thank you!
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They look like a scaup species to me. I'm not sure which one.
I agree with john. It looks like a scaup. I'm leaning toward the greater scaup.
I also would agree that it is one of the Scaup Species!f
Definitely Scaup. I am leaning toward Lesser. The head looks a little taller on the female in the middle and male on the left. However the male on the right has the more typical rounded head of a Greater.
No way of telling with one photo. It's a coin flip. Great shot though. This is a great shot for ABC Wednesday. S for Scaup.
Troy
Shelley, My guess would be a Lesser Scaup. I'll ask my birding friend to stop by. She's good at this.
I am her birding friend and I agree with everyone that it's scaup. I too lean towards lesser because of the smaller bill and the coloring on the female.
Thank you to everyone! I'm happy to know the name of the beautiful ducks I was viewing that day!
Yes I would say Lesser Scaup also. What we call a "blue-bill"
I'm no good at water birds, Shelley. A nice picture--Fun to see ducks you don't know and find the ID!
I change my guess to the lesser scaup. I found new information that I hadn't found before. Great sighting either way. Must be wonderful to be so close to water and have such a wide variety of visitors.
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