Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: jnish on March 13, 2018, 07:25:19 AM

Title: Goldeneye??
Post by: jnish on March 13, 2018, 07:25:19 AM

Is the one in the middle a young male goldeneye?  The cheek patch and matching wing pattern are quite stunning!  Nothing like this in my Field Guide!

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4801/39890539655_bc0fdcb204_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23LZrF6)IMG_6874_1 (https://flic.kr/p/23LZrF6) by Jane Nishikawa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138568556@N08/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Goldeneye??
Post by: nkwali on March 13, 2018, 02:17:56 PM

Looks like a first year male Common Goldeneye based on the fully black beak (at least as far as I can discern from my field guides).

Title: Re: Goldeneye??
Post by: jnish on March 14, 2018, 07:43:09 AM

Many thanks for this!