Help with ducks

[winz]

Trying to get better at identifying ducks.  These were from Tommy Thompson on the weekend:

I'm thinking, Redheads, Scaup, American Wigeon, One Ring-necked?  did I get them all?

[BetCrooks]

You have at least
a) Redhead
b) Ring necked duck M,F
c) American Wigeon

If it's ok with you, I can copy your photo and draw some circles, then post it back up, to id which are which.

[Kris Ito]

I was there on Sunday too - lots of great ducks! I agree with Bet and will just add a little additional info...You are mostly correct with your photo, but I do not see any scaup. You have 2 Ring-necked Ducks, the obvious male in the left bottom corner but there is a female too on the right side. Look for the brown duck with the pointed head, white around her eye and white ring on her bill. There are 2 Gadwalls, one on the left, one centre front - look for gray/brown ducks with white wing patch. The ducks that you might be mistaking for scaup are 4 female Redheads. Look for plain brown ducks with two-toned head. Lastly are 2 American Wigeon and 5 male Redheads. There were both types of scaup throughout the park so you may have seen them too, as well as several Canvasback. Maybe you have more species in other photos!

Kris

[winz]

You have at least
a) Redhead
b) Ring necked duck M,F
c) American Wigeon

If it's ok with you, I can copy your photo and draw some circles, then post it back up, to id which are which.

Sure go ahead.. it will be a learning experience.

[winz]

I was there on Sunday too - lots of great ducks! I agree with Bet and will just add a little additional info...You are mostly correct with your photo, but I do not see any scaup. You have 2 Ring-necked Ducks, the obvious male in the left bottom corner but there is a female too on the right side. Look for the brown duck with the pointed head, white around her eye and white ring on her bill. There are 2 Gadwalls, one on the left, one centre front - look for gray/brown ducks with white wing patch. The ducks that you might be mistaking for scaup are 4 female Redheads. Look for plain brown ducks with two-toned head. Lastly are 2 American Wigeon and 5 male Redheads. There were both types of scaup throughout the park so you may have seen them too, as well as several Canvasback. Maybe you have more species in other photos!

Kris

Thanks Kris.. I will check.. It was very windy and cold.. I didn't spend as much time as I would have liked, because I had a time limit.. my wife was shopping while I birded.. and she didn't want to take her usual 4 to 5 hours.. LOL

[BetCrooks]

Here's the circled photo
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The grey circles should be Redheads.
The red circles are American Wigeon.
The blue circles are the male and female Ring necked ducks.

Kris says the other two in the middle are the Gadwall. (I'm not as good at odd angles so I'm glad someone else knew!)
I think the forward facing duck is a female Redhead but again, I'm not sure.

If any were Canvasback, they'd look somewhat similar to the Redhead but the "grey" part would be white and the head/bill shape would be noticeably different. Sometimes they do mingle, though, so it's worth a closer look when you see a flock.

[winz]

Thanks for all the help.