Duck ID

[satchel3006]

I didnt shoot it i was out coyote hunting/scouting for new duck hunting spots for next year. i saw a duck i couldnt identfy (this was my first year duck hunting) there was 5-6 ducks total a mallard and a hen and a wigeon (i think) with a hen wigeon the one i couldnt figure out was all white with a black head any ideas? couldnt get a pic they were all in the same group

[Curly]

Maybe a scaup?

[satchel3006]

i dont think so the entire body was white with just a black (or dark head)

[NWWABOWHNTR]

any white at all on the head?  If so maybe a bufflehead

[h2ofowlr]

There are a lot of buffle heads swimming around.  Could be one.  A smaller bird, but appears mainly white from a distance.

[boneaddict]

I was going to ask size, and figured bufflehead or goldeneye. 

[satchel3006]

looked about the same size as a mallard i looked at it through binoculars there was no white on the head

[h2ofowlr]

Possibly a canvasback?  Next guess is a seagul.   

[TONTO]

Drake merganser ?

[Curly]

Maybe some sort of domesticated duck that was let loose or escaped?

[wrangler]

merganser

[bobcat]

It's a scaup as Curly said in the first reply in this thread.

[270Shooter]

I think common merg

[bobcat]

No, common merganser looks like this:

[bobcat]

Oh, forget it. I don't know. I was looking at the picture curly posted of the scaup. Didn't realize satchel3006 hadn't posted a picture.

I guess he's the only one who can tell us what it was!