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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: denis on December 26, 2009, 04:57:38 PM

Title: male lesser scaup,male goldeneye,male longtail,and redheads.
Post by: denis on December 26, 2009, 04:57:38 PM

the rest of my duck pics from dec.22,at humber bay.
male lesser scaup
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4215767515_06a0edd905_o.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4215767301_0335e0aec2_o.jpg)
male goldeneye
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4216539310_05c3e86e34_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/4215767699_fd8873edb7_o.jpg)
male long tail close-up,looking up at incoming birds
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/4215768079_cca48ab75f_o.jpg)
what appears to be,a redhead reunion. LOL
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4215768309_edb7a475fe_o.jpg)

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Post by: MEGHAN on December 27, 2009, 06:57:41 AM

Denis,
Great shots.
The Long Tail is my favorite. Such an shy inquisitive look.
Meghan

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Post by: thouc on December 27, 2009, 12:59:36 PM

Ah, another scaup. Again, I believe it's a Greater Scaup. The head appears large and rounded, in the second picture you can see a greenish gloss and the the black tip on the bill is quite large which all indicates Greater Scaup. As the side of the bird is not bright white I would see it's a first winter male molting into adult plumage.

/Thomas

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Post by: Moira on December 27, 2009, 05:20:20 PM

These are great Denis.  I too like the picture of the Long Tail.

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Post by: denis on December 27, 2009, 09:13:25 PM

thanks meghan,and moira.
the longtail is also my favourite with that look!!
thouc: it could be a greater scaup.i,m not that familiar with these ducks.i only went with lesser,because of the gray side,instead of white.
denis