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mystery bird
« on: August 19, 2009, 07:42:27 PM »
Forgive my lack of knowledge, but does anyone know what kind of bird this is?  I've looked thourgh DU's identification lists and I don't see this on any of the lists.  Would love to know what these were.
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2009, 07:45:35 PM »
Look like ruddy ducks. 
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2009, 07:48:31 PM »
look like young buffles ,Dont ruddys have a blue beak
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2009, 07:49:04 PM »
The ruddy male has a blue bill and the femles don't have the white patch on the cheek
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2009, 07:49:16 PM »
your right Ras.
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2009, 07:50:24 PM »
Female or young bufflehead?
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2009, 07:51:46 PM »
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2009, 07:54:23 PM »
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2009, 07:54:38 PM »
Thanks guys...  probably a bufflehead, they just seemed to be too big to be a bufflehead and the eclipse plummage threw me off.  Was hoping it was some new species and I would make a ton of money off the pictures...  :)
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2009, 09:09:01 PM »
Harlequin
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2009, 09:14:55 PM »
 :yeah:
I believe washingtonmuley has it right. Summer plumage harlequin. Not much of a duck guy more pheasant but I am pretty sure. Where was the picture taken?
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2009, 09:17:31 PM »
Female hari.
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2009, 08:49:55 AM »
Yep female harlequin duck :hello:
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2009, 06:06:54 PM »
WashingtonMuley. Thanks...  The picture was taken up the Queets.  They appeared to be about the size of a small Brant.  Further looking on other sites confirms it..  Thanks!  This was was my first (obviously) run in with a wild Harlequin herd.   Too bad it was in ONP.
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Re: mystery bird
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2009, 05:25:00 PM »
the size of a brant? They are quite a bit smaller than brant.

I've seen them in the spring on whites pass. Fun to watch in the whitewater.
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