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Duck ID? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter KAC
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Southern Frogmouth
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Moulting (1st winter?) male Lesser Scaup was the best I could come up with, but not a plumage I'm familiar with.
Hybrid I guess may be a possibility but I'm sure more experienced Americans will be able to say what it is.
Cheers
Roy
Hybrid I guess may be a possibility but I'm sure more experienced Americans will be able to say what it is.
Cheers
Roy
nartreb
Speak softly and carry a long lens
"Female-type" scaup.
It's not in my books, but the Internet tells me that juvenile scaups do look a lot like females, and have dark bills. I'm not sure this bill is dark enough for a juvie, but maybe it's in transition.
Southeast US is a long way from breeding grounds, maybe somebody here will know if juvies migrate before molting.
A bit of white speckling is common, though there is more here than I usually see.
I'll take a wild guess on Lesser, just for fun.
It's not in my books, but the Internet tells me that juvenile scaups do look a lot like females, and have dark bills. I'm not sure this bill is dark enough for a juvie, but maybe it's in transition.
Southeast US is a long way from breeding grounds, maybe somebody here will know if juvies migrate before molting.
A bit of white speckling is common, though there is more here than I usually see.
I'll take a wild guess on Lesser, just for fun.
As others have suggested a lesser scaup. Its always hard to judge from such photos with nothing to relate size to , but to me it does not seem big enough for a greater scaup and the head\body shape is more of what I would expect from a lesser scaup. With black feathers starting to come through on the head and the light feathers on its flanks its a male just starting to come into winter plumage and the dull eye makes it a juvenile.
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