Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Vince on March 10, 2010, 07:13:50 PM

Title: Help ID this Duck please
Post by: Vince on March 10, 2010, 07:13:50 PM

Taken at Port Credit. It was the only one like this. May be a female Redhead
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4423768636_0ea8a4cb95_b.jpg)

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Post by: thouc on March 10, 2010, 07:20:33 PM

I think you are right. The bill has a light band above the dark tip, which indicates it is a Redhead.

/Thomas

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Post by: Brian Bailey on March 10, 2010, 08:18:32 PM

Hmmm.  I don't know, but my guess would be a female Lesser Scaup.  They have similar bill markings, but also the white at the base of the bill and the whitish smudge on the cheek.  The thin bill nail would be consistent with a Lesser (vs. a Greater) Scaup.

BB

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Post by: thouc on March 11, 2010, 10:17:04 AM

Can female Scaup show this little white at the base of the bill?

But the greyish colouring of the body fits with Scaup and not Redhead so you might be right, Brian.

/Thomas