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Red headed duck
« on: June 04, 2008, 02:13:45 PM »
Not a duck guy...I mean, I know a mallard and the wood duck, etc...but couldnt tell you what this guy is. Anywho, he was swimming by and I snapped some quick shots. Enjoy~

Ooops...should have put it in the waterfowl threads...my bad.
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2008, 02:25:25 PM »
Merganser
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2008, 02:26:36 PM »
cool pics by the way.  lots of dead Baby steelhead in that little cute little scene.
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2008, 02:28:28 PM »
Looks like a Common Merganser. Very cool bird. Looks like piggy back time for the kids  :chuckle:

http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowlgallery.aspx

http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowlGallery/79/index.html
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2008, 02:32:26 PM »
Yea, I freaked em out when i went out on the dock to snap a shot. I have others of them swimmin in formation...

You should see all the baby steelhead swarming around the lake the last few weeks...
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2008, 02:33:32 PM »
Quote from: boneaddict on June 04, 2008, 02:25:25 PM
Merganser

Yup....

Funny story.  Back when I was in high school a buddy and I were duck hunting the P.O. River in Idaho.  We were heading back to the car (after shooting a limit I'm sure :rolleyes:)  and this guy flags us down.  So we motor over to him on the bank and he's all excited.  He asks us to go pick up 3 Redheads he just shot.  We say sure..... as we approach the first 1 it's clear it's a mergy.  We pick up his three trophy mergies and deliver em to him.  "Sure nice ducks mister."   Wonder how yummy those buggers were  :chuckle:  
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2008, 11:45:31 AM »
cool pics. i think i got three last year. ate one. didnt taste too bad. havent quite mastered waterfowl cooking yet either. 2 of the ones i got were right next to the stilli so those were definate salmon killers.

heres a thread, some opinions, laughs, etc  :)

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2536.msg24646.html#msg24646
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2008, 08:43:40 AM »
I can't imagine they taste good but I've never eaten one either.  I'm not a big fan of duck anyway.  I can really tell when a puddle duck has been eatin worms or other critters as opposed to vegie matter.  I think I'll just have to take your word for it :)
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2008, 10:52:00 AM »
Mergansers make a sh!t sandwich look tasty  :chuckle:
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2008, 11:22:34 AM »
Never tried one of those sandwiches :puke:
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2008, 09:54:15 PM »
Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on June 24, 2008, 10:52:00 AM
Mergansers make a sh!t sandwich look tasty  :chuckle:

Damn thats funny!

(Merganser ain't half as bad a coot....)
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2008, 09:58:31 PM »
Here is a few more from today...the eagles have been bomb diving these fools for the last week or so.
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2008, 10:00:07 PM »
Cute little buggers. I ran into a herd of those on saturday. All skipping across the water.
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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2008, 10:14:12 PM »
tell the eagles to keep doing what they are doing.

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Re: Red headed duck
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2008, 09:29:16 PM »
Talk about a bad hair day :yike: :chuckle:
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