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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: RavensdaleYoungBuck on January 13, 2014, 09:04:01 PM
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So I was out hunting last Thursday, and I saw 3 white birds fly over. I couldn't tell if they were ducks or geese. I believe they were snow geese though. Anyone have any ideas on how to for sure tell when they're in the air?
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Google plenty of pics of them. And make sure you know what a swan is because there are a lot of swans :bdid: Snow geese have black on their wing tips. Swans have a neck about as long as their body.
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Awesome thanks. Are there white ducks? I saw the Peking duck is white.
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Google plenty of pics of them. And make sure you know what a swan is because there are a lot of swans :bdid: Snow geese have black on their wing tips. Swans have a neck about as long as their body.
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The easiest way identify birds is to compare the size of the head to the length of their necks( a snow gooses neck is about 2-3 head lengths long, while a swans is easily 4-5 plus head lengths long) and watch their wing beat too...Swans have a much slower wing beat even when landing. :twocents:
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When you pick them up by the neck and they are taller than you, you shot a swan. :yike:
The swan's look like 747's flying. Slower wing beat, smaller groups typically, large bodies. Snows have smaller bodies, necks and black wing tips. Go and do some research on line or hit one of the areas that holds them and watch their flight patterns, how they behave and take some lessons in the field on them. To many guys shoot at swans in the field thinking they are snow geese. If your not sure, don't shoot it.
I can't say I have seen any Peking ducks flying around unless someone slipped a Chinese menu under your vehicle wiper blade and it blew out. If by chance you do get a white duck, it's probably more likely a domestic, moorage, park or pen raised released to wild duck. Versus the leucistic bird that everyone always shoots. Maybe common, but not as common as one may think. Some guys probably have some domestic ducks on there walls. I could be wrong though.
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Thanks for all the help guys.