Northwestern PA birds (1 Viewer)

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BrandonH

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• Mar 18, 2014

• #1

Hello
I have been walking the river here on mild days seeing alot o migrating ducks here I have a few more ducks for ids and a raven/crow

1 & 2 i think are scaups
3 i am going with common raven
4 might be bufflehead
5 has redheads and WW scoters but the 2 ducks on the left side below the redhead i can't id

Thanks

 

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nartreb

Speak softly and carry a long lens

• Mar 18, 2014

• #2

1. Agree, scaups.

2. Three scaups + ? I can't see the fourth object well enough to be sure it's a bird. White-winged scoter with one wing half up?

3. Agree, raven. I think I can see a sudden change in the curvature of the beak ("Roman nose")

4. Foreground bird could be a bufflehead with its head turned away. Smew would be unlikely. Background bird looks a bit like a nonbreeding male ruddy duck, though I'm worried by what seems to be a dark mark at the base of the bill. On second thought, I think it's more likely a female bufflehead.

5. The ducks at middle distance, left are scaups.

 

Last edited: Mar 18, 2014

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Mar 18, 2014

• #3

Agree with nartreb (including not knowing what the brown bird in #2 is).

 

Peter C.

...just zis guy, you know?

• Mar 18, 2014

• #4

Think scaup species in photos 1 & 2 is lesser - they seem to show a distinct "peak" to the crown behind the eye. Agree that both bird in photo 4 are Buffleheads - Ruddy would show the tail sticking up.

 

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BrandonH

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• Mar 18, 2014

• #5

Thank you guys , i thought pic 2 object with scuaps was a scoter as well

 

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DarkFireFalcon

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• Mar 18, 2014

• #6

I think the unknown bird in 2 is a female Scaup. The white is too extensive for WW Scoter. I'm also not really convinced 3 is a raven, seems pretty small billed to me

 

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BrandonH

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• Mar 18, 2014

• #7

Thanks , unfortunately do not have another photo of unknown bird in pic 2 but i have a couple more pics of crow/raven that might help

 

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