Author Topic: Duck ID (Read 4230 times)

satchel3006 · « **on:** January 31, 2010, 02:44:58 PM »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2010, 02:55:31 PM »

Maybe a scaup?

satchel3006 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2010, 03:11:29 PM »

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

NWWABOWHNTR · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2010, 03:13:56 PM »

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

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2010, 03:17:22 PM »

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

boneaddict · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2010, 03:46:31 PM »

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

satchel3006 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2010, 05:15:17 PM »

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

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2010, 06:31:27 PM »

Possibly a canvasback? Next guess is a seagul.

TONTO · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2010, 06:50:12 PM »

Drake merganser ?

Curly · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:02:30 PM »

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

wrangler · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:13:13 PM »

merganser

bobcat · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:22:22 PM »

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

270Shooter · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:47:53 PM »

I think common merg

bobcat · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:51:03 PM »

No, common merganser looks like this:

bobcat · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:52:49 PM »

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!

wrangler · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:55:22 PM »

270Shooter · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:59:27 PM »

Quote from: bobcat on January 31, 2010, 08:52:49 PM

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!

Ha, yeah I guess so, I just thought merganser because from a distance they look almost all white with a dark head. He needs to gives us more of a description, like bill color and length.

satchel3006 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2010, 09:17:59 PM »

it might of been a merganser i saw a bunch flying (there not legal to shoot are they?) but the ones i saw were all black i did however see a few of the white birds with black heads take off on the water they kinda ran? on the water before they really got airborne if that makes since. this waterfowl thing is really additive cant wait for next year just need to get better at identifying ducks

270Shooter · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2010, 04:05:17 PM »

Quote from: satchel3006 on January 31, 2010, 09:17:59 PM

it might of been a merganser i saw a bunch flying (there not legal to shoot are they?) but the ones i saw were all black i did however see a few of the white birds with black heads take off on the water they kinda ran? on the water before they really got airborne if that makes since. this waterfowl thing is really additive cant wait for next year just need to get better at identifying ducks

Yes you can shoot mergansers. You should shoot every merganser you see, until you get your 7, they taste great by the way.

Most diving ducks will sort of run on the water as they take off because of their smaller wings.

CP · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2010, 04:22:49 PM »

Quote from: 270Shooter on February 01, 2010, 04:05:17 PM

they taste great by the way.

Use lots of hot sauce on them.

TONTO · « **Reply #20 on:** February 01, 2010, 05:22:15 PM »

the all black ones would be cormorants, no you can't shoot those, but the mergansers, blast away

the shootist · « **Reply #21 on:** February 01, 2010, 09:43:24 PM »

ok you guys this one is easy it's a greater scaup or blue bill in it's breading color phase

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #22 on:** February 02, 2010, 07:23:28 AM »

Definately this guy a snow duck.

270Shooter · « **Reply #23 on:** February 04, 2010, 07:25:36 PM »

Quote from: the shootist on February 01, 2010, 09:43:24 PM

ok you guys this one is easy it's a greater scaup or blue bill in it's breading color phase

He already said it wasn't a scaup

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