Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Simcoe on September 06, 2019, 04:30:33 PM

Title: Common Goldeneye?
Post by: Simcoe on September 06, 2019, 04:30:33 PM

A Common Goldeneye seems to be too much of a rarity for July at the east end of Lake Ontario.  I just want to check the ID.  Colouration more like a female, but with the white patch at the base of the bill. An immature male?

Title: Re: Common Goldeneye?
Post by: Shortsighted on September 06, 2019, 07:38:39 PM

Looks like an immature male Common Goldeneye.
Here is a shot of what I also considered an immature male.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-sPpTC2T/0/fd1f3512/L/i-sPpTC2T-L.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-sPpTC2T/A)