Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: mr.sharp-photo on December 13, 2009, 10:57:46 AM

Title: water foul from the Leslie spit
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on December 13, 2009, 10:57:46 AM

first, i apologize for the quality of 2 of these photos.
just wondering if you can help me identify these birds.

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/atomeyes/duck2.jpg)

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/atomeyes/duck.jpg)

and i assume this is a pin-tailed duck. but male or female?

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4181920424_2fcd4ea2d1_o.jpg)

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Post by: denis on December 13, 2009, 11:58:01 AM

hi yogi
1- female bufflehead
2-female long tail(old sqaw)
3-male long-tail(tail,s underwater)
at least that,s how i see it
denis

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Post by: amblesidebirder on December 13, 2009, 04:46:56 PM

Denis is correct on all three.

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Post by: denis on December 13, 2009, 07:02:44 PM

les
checked out your site,and you people are doing a great thing out there. keep up the good work.
denis

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Post by: amblesidebirder on December 14, 2009, 04:15:15 PM

Thank you Denis. On a side note, I miss the birding in Port Perry. Also miss the apple fritters at White Feather Farms  :D