Author Topic: mystery bird (Read 3233 times)

GOcougsHunter · « **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.

BC CHASER · « **Reply #1 on:** August 19, 2009, 07:45:35 PM »

Look like ruddy ducks.

rasbo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 19, 2009, 07:48:31 PM »

look like young buffles ,Dont ruddys have a blue beak

GOcougsHunter · « **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

BC CHASER · « **Reply #4 on:** August 19, 2009, 07:49:16 PM »

your right Ras.

Ray · « **Reply #5 on:** August 19, 2009, 07:50:24 PM »

Female or young bufflehead?

Ray · « **Reply #6 on:** August 19, 2009, 07:51:46 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bucephala-albeola-010.jpg

BC CHASER · « **Reply #7 on:** August 19, 2009, 07:54:23 PM »

http://www.pbase.com/rosemarygallinger/image/82207257

GOcougsHunter · « **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...

washingtonmuley · « **Reply #9 on:** August 19, 2009, 09:09:01 PM »

Harlequin

Birdguy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 19, 2009, 09:14:55 PM »

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?

WABONEHNTR · « **Reply #11 on:** August 19, 2009, 09:17:31 PM »

Female hari.

teal101 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 20, 2009, 08:49:55 AM »

Yep female harlequin duck

GOcougsHunter · « **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.

Gun N Run · « **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.

GOcougsHunter · « **Reply #15 on:** August 21, 2009, 08:02:44 PM »

please reference my phrase "small Brant" meaning around Mallard size but because they resemble a brant, I thought the correlation was apropos.

Tom Reichner · « **Reply #16 on:** August 26, 2009, 07:33:44 PM »

Yep, it's a summertime Harlequin hen. This one in the attached image was photographed about 8 weeks ago.

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