Ducking in Baghdad, ID help please (1 Viewer)

[bhutjoe]

My apartment overlooks a small marsh that occupies a corner of the old, abandoned airport in the center of Baghdad, Iraq. The photos have been taken on various days in October and November.
My "guesses" are:
photos:
1f13 & 9531 are of Ferruginous Ducks? This would be a lifer. Maybe there are others?
1f42 the duck on the right is a female/immature Northern Shoveler? - based on the bill which I think is "real" and not an artefact; the left is a female Ferruginous Duck
1f41 is a photo of female/immature Green-winged Teal?
9511 I have no suggestion, the forehead slope and bill suggest not a Ferruginous? but no idea which duck it might be
1f69 and 1f6a are I believe are the same species, of which though I have no idea

Unfortunately I grabbed the wrong birding book on my way here so I am left searching online in my attempts to id them. oh well.

Any and all corrections, comments and help gratefully accepted.

Thank you in advance
steve

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

All the plain brown ones are Ferruginous Ducks, the little streaky ones are Eurasian Teal, the one with the big bill is a Shoveler and the final mystery duck is a Garganey (not a good photo, so I’m out on a limb a bit there)

 

[bhutjoe]

Thank you very much. Yes not a good photo and I don't have any others of that one. Thank you for the confirmation and the correction. Its an interesting little marsh, with little grebe, swamphen, coots and moorhen and cattle egret occasionally. I won't count the Garganey then but will keep a look out and hopefully it will return.
Very much appreciated.
steve

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Steve,

agree with Bismarck Honeyeater:

A question: do the the last two pictures show the same bird?

And if not, do you have more pictures of the last one? Difficult for me, but is the bill spatulate enough for a Garganey? And is the lack of a supercilium behind the eye due to low resolution.
It might well be a Teal (my guess in quizmodus), but it looks somehow strange for this too.
I hope for a second look and more comments. Thanks!

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

I agree with Bismark Honeyeaters IDs on the first 5 photos,
but due to the low resolution of the pictures you can not be sure for the last two photos of a mystery duck (1f69 and 1f6a). It could well be a teal, as the white at the beginning of the tail sides is very pronounced, but the facial pattern is not... I f I would be forced , i'd say its most likely a Eurasian teal

 

[bhutjoe]

Thank you for looking further Joern and Alex, I unfortunately do not have any other photos of these ducks. Lesson learned, take more photos. As an explanation one can not bring binoculars into Iraq so I am camera-birding unfortunately. Much appreciated. There were some eclipse male teal, And looking more closely the male has that dotted white ribbon at its wing edge - not very technical description
Your effort is much appreciated, thank you again.
steve