annelikesbirds
Active member
Hello!
As you can tell from the pictures, I was mostly interested in the lapwings, and it's only now that I've noticed there's multiple different ducks too. However I'm not sure what ducks they are, so I was hoping you could lend me a hand.
Judging from the large bill I think I'm seeing shovelers, both male eclipse and female, the latter very out of focus.
The other smaller ducks have rather delicate bills - that, and the overall colour makes me think they're either gadwalls or teals (one duck has what appears to be a green speculum), or both? Or maybe they're a different species altogether! Now I'm wishing I'd taken a picture of the ducks instead, so it'd be easier to tell...
Thank you!
As you can tell from the pictures, I was mostly interested in the lapwings, and it's only now that I've noticed there's multiple different ducks too. However I'm not sure what ducks they are, so I was hoping you could lend me a hand.
Judging from the large bill I think I'm seeing shovelers, both male eclipse and female, the latter very out of focus.
The other smaller ducks have rather delicate bills - that, and the overall colour makes me think they're either gadwalls or teals (one duck has what appears to be a green speculum), or both? Or maybe they're a different species altogether! Now I'm wishing I'd taken a picture of the ducks instead, so it'd be easier to tell...
Thank you!
