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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: danceswitharrows on December 19, 2012, 09:08:08 PM

Title: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: danceswitharrows on December 19, 2012, 09:08:08 PM

I saw a pair of ducks I have not seen before, they had a red head with a mohawk and narrow bills.  I am thinking some kind of diver duck?  I know this should be a easy question to a lot of you but I tried find a answer/picture of one via google but could only get regular redhead ducks.   

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: ellensburgpo on December 19, 2012, 09:08:38 PM

Merganser of some type?

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: 92xj on December 19, 2012, 09:15:01 PM

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=hp&cp=10&gs_id=13&xhr=t&q=common+merganser&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.aWM&bpcl=40096503&biw=1141&bih=760&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=8J7SUM-yI5LyqwHQu4GACw (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=hp&cp=10&gs_id=13&xhr=t&q=common+merganser&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.aWM&bpcl=40096503&biw=1141&bih=760&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=8J7SUM-yI5LyqwHQu4GACw)

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: lokidog on December 19, 2012, 09:25:22 PM

 :yeah:

Sounds like a hen Common Merganser.

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: low97ram on December 19, 2012, 09:32:34 PM

Hen Hooded merganser. Shot 2 this past weekend

Look like this?

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: h2ofowlr on December 19, 2012, 09:32:46 PM

Merg!  A saw bill!

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: muley freak on December 19, 2012, 09:40:53 PM

Hooded merganser for sure i got one too and i have a poster and it shows all the ducks and its a hooded merganser

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: Madison on December 19, 2012, 09:50:47 PM

a hen redbreasted and hen common look very similar.  The hen hooded doesnt have as distinct coloration as the other two.
I would guess common just based on numbers..
the google link from 92xj should confirm that.

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: danceswitharrows on December 19, 2012, 10:00:44 PM

Hen Common Merganser!  I have heard that name but never saw one, thanks guys
 

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: saltwaterhillbilly on December 19, 2012, 10:04:31 PM

oh yummy i love me some Hooded Mergansers! its like eating Caviar!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: lokidog on December 19, 2012, 10:16:41 PM

Quote from: saltwaterhillbilly on December 19, 2012, 10:04:31 PM

oh yummy i love me some Hooded Mergansers! its like eating Caviar!!!!!!!!!!

Commons aren't that bad, a little curry does wonders.

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: cryfowl on December 20, 2012, 05:50:35 AM

My  :twocents:  hen common merganser

Title: Re: Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck
Post by: Whitetail freak on December 21, 2012, 06:11:14 AM

Cause they are definitely legal