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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: boneaddict on December 01, 2022, 06:12:48 PM

Title: Duck ID
Post by: boneaddict on December 01, 2022, 06:12:48 PM

Its been awhile.  Are these Buffleheads?

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v47/boneaddict/duckidbuffle.tif)

Title: Re: Duck ID
Post by: 92xj on December 01, 2022, 06:14:49 PM

Yeah, hens of course. 

Title: Re: Duck ID
Post by: h2ofowlr on December 01, 2022, 09:53:02 PM

Yes, bufflehead hens.

Title: Re: Duck ID
Post by: MeepDog on December 01, 2022, 10:26:51 PM

That right there is the toughest duck there is. Straight up kevlar vests on bufflehead hens.

Title: Re: Duck ID
Post by: zwickeyman on December 02, 2022, 05:22:41 AM

Quote from: MeepDog on December 01, 2022, 10:26:51 PM

That right there is the toughest duck there is. Straight up kevlar vests on bufflehead hens.

 :yeah:

Title: Re: Duck ID
Post by: Mikey The Cat on December 02, 2022, 07:11:41 AM

Or immature drakes, as they can be very difficult, if not impossible, to tell apart -

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bufflehead/photo-gallery/63905261