Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Misty01 on December 12, 2009, 02:43:54 PM

Title: 2 birds
Post by: Misty01 on December 12, 2009, 02:43:54 PM

Hey everyone, I can't figure out these two from today. I wasn't able to get close enough so I am hoping someone is a good distance id'er  :D Thanks for your help! ~ Crystal ~

(http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn123/lastcast01/birds/DSC05331.jpg)

(http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn123/lastcast01/birds/DSC05317.jpg)

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Post by: Mark D on December 12, 2009, 04:05:29 PM

I think the first one might be a common or red breasted merganser.  The second one looks to me like a mockingbird.

Mark

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Post by: Brian Bailey on December 12, 2009, 05:54:31 PM

The first one looks like a merganser based on the long thin bill.  Very strange posture.  Did you catch her in mid dive?  The overall dark colour suggests a female Hooded Merganser, but there's not much to go on.

I agree that the second one is a mockingbird.

BB

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Post by: Misty01 on December 12, 2009, 10:02:04 PM

Awsome thanks for the fast replies  :D  The merganser I caught shaking herself after a dive. Was really strange to see her as a solo bird, the others must have been hiding in the bay across from where we were.