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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Marek on October 15, 2006, 09:34:25 PM

Title: ID problem
Post by: Marek on October 15, 2006, 09:34:25 PM

Hello everyone. I have a problem with identifying these two. Correct me if I’m wrong. Number one in my opinion is young Downy Woodpecker. Number two, young Bufflehead female, perhaps Long-Tailed Duck?
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... .sized.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/IMG_3130.sized.jpg)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... G_3283.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/IMG_3283.jpg)
Thank you for your help.

Title: IDs
Post by: BIGFRANK on October 15, 2006, 09:42:20 PM

Hi Marek..nice photos! The first photo is indeed a Downy Woodpecker. The latter photo is a Ruddy Duck.

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Post by: Marek on October 15, 2006, 09:53:53 PM

Wow! I've never seen Ruddy Duck before. Just this afternoon, while i was taking my photographs at Humber Bay Park, I spotted two of them swimming in that little shallow bay.
One more question. This one is from about one month ago. Yellow Rail or Sora?
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... G_1716.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/IMG_1716.jpg)

Title: ID
Post by: BIGFRANK on October 15, 2006, 10:43:52 PM

Congratulations on your first Ruddy Duck. They arent uncommon but arent seen all that often in the city. (if U know what I mean)  The last photo is a Sora. Great shot of that too!

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Post by: Marek on October 16, 2006, 06:35:42 PM

City is where I live and take my photographs. I’ve got hooked on photography about 9 months ago. Then, while I was polishing my first photographs, somebody introduced me to water birds. That was it. I’ve spent whole spring photographing Wood Ducks, summer photographing Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets. Right now I’m looking forward to winter water birds. Last Saturday, for example, Sam Smith Park was filled with Redheads, Lesser Scaups. Humber Bay Park is getting crowded as well, American Wigeon, Gadwalls, Hooded Mergansers, Ruddy (thank you), Common Merganser (female). There is much more, but they are sill to far from shore. My lens can’t reach them. Here is a few photos from here and there. I'm not so sure about the last one (Common or Red-Breasted)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/October/Redhead (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/October/Redhead)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... female.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/Redhead_female.jpg)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... ganser.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/Hooded_Merganser.jpg)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... _Heron.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/Great_Blue_Heron.jpg)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... n_Coot.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/American_Coot.jpg)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... ganser.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/Common_Merganser.jpg)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... anser2.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/Common_Merganser2.jpg)
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/alb ... anser3.jpg (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/albums/October/Common_Merganser3.jpg)
Enjoy this photos.

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Post by: Pat Hodgson on October 17, 2006, 09:49:27 AM

The last photo shows two female hooded mergs.

Pat