Delta Duck ID quiz

[Dustin07]

http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/hunting/quizzes/duckid/index.php

pretty simple but still a good distraction.

[lokidog]

Got a 94, Called ring-necks scaup on a head on view and red heads cans on a head on view, correct second guess for both.

[CP]

I mixed up scaups & ringnecks too.  Never can tell those two apart until they are in hand.

[Ellensburg]

I grabbed a guy from work and between us we got 100

[Ellensburg]

Thanks for showing us that site. Super helpful.

[teal101]

100 percent first try

I've been studying waterfowl books since I could read, my number one choice of literature haha.


For scaup and ringers look at the feathers on the back.  The ringers will be solid black or close to and appear very dark when in flight.  Scaup are white feathers with gray "accenting" throughout and appear lighter to white when in flight.  The white on the bills stands out as another feature on the ringers that the scaup doesnt have, although much less apparent in flight.

[jordano]

100 first try  yeah those quizzes are pretty sweet and helpful!

[lokidog]

100 percent first try

I've been studying waterfowl books since I could read, my number one choice of literature haha.


For scaup and ringers look at the feathers on the back.  The ringers will be solid black or close to and appear very dark when in flight.  Scaup are white feathers with gray "accenting" throughout and appear lighter to white when in flight.  The white on the bills stands out as another feature on the ringers that the scaup doesnt have, although much less apparent in flight.

No visible white on the bills in the pic I saw.  Why bother worrying in the field on these two, taste about the same and if I shot three scaup I'd just quit shooting at them....   

Let's see them post a picture of hen pintails coming straight in and see who could identify that. 

[ducks55]

100 percent first try

I've been studying waterfowl books since I could read, my number one choice of literature haha.


For scaup and ringers look at the feathers on the back.  The ringers will be solid black or close to and appear very dark when in flight.  Scaup are white feathers with gray "accenting" throughout and appear lighter to white when in flight.  The white on the bills stands out as another feature on the ringers that the scaup doesnt have, although much less apparent in flight.

No visible white on the bills in the pic I saw.  Why bother worrying in the field on these two, taste about the same and if I shot three scaup I'd just quit shooting at them....   

Let's see them post a picture of hen pintails coming straight in and see who could identify that. 

Me, and if you can't positively indentify a duck on wing.. you need to do some homework. Thts what puts people in bad spots and over their limits of certain speicies

[NWWABOWHNTR]

close 97

[General Disarray]

100% first try. 
bring on the hen pintails.

[CP]

There’s a pintail hen on the match the mate test

http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/hunting/quizzes/betterhalf/index.php

[Widgeondeke]

94 for me. messed up the last one
Those are fun. Only an 84 on the better half test of hens.

[Whitenuckles]

 I actually thought, just for a second, that there might be a real test for me! I was wrong..... Way to easy!

[chester]

ugh i called the front on redheads canvasback. wasnt a bad quiz tho