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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: grandpawrichard on January 29, 2011, 01:18:24 PM

Title: What kind of Duck is this?
Post by: grandpawrichard on January 29, 2011, 01:18:24 PM: He was a long ways out in the water, so I had to resort to the 400 mm lens to get the photo and then I had to crop the daylights out of the photo in Photoshop. :(

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi20.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb218%2Fgrandpawrichard%2FWhatkindofduckamIsmall1copy.jpg&hash=fecd710c1e5714350c4edff1f413c52f44337325)

Dick
Title: Re: What kind of Duck is this?
Post by: Curly on January 29, 2011, 01:39:00 PM: Cool pic. Looks like a golden eye to me.
Title: Re: What kind of Duck is this?
Post by: Hilltop123 on January 29, 2011, 01:59:34 PM: hen whistler
Title: Re: What kind of Duck is this?
Post by: Suncrest Sniper on January 29, 2011, 05:37:15 PM: Correct it's a hen Golden eye.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3556%2F3614610593_56b0de732c_z.jpg&hash=013da18e6e9c73c591e84ad50d4d1798ac4b58f3)

not my picture, just for reference.
Title: Re: What kind of Duck is this?
Post by: grandpawrichard on January 29, 2011, 09:06:44 PM: :) Thanks guys! :) I thought it was a Golden Eye, but I wasn't sure.

Dick
Title: Re: What kind of Duck is this?
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on January 30, 2011, 12:40:16 PM: Specifically, a common goldeneye. Barrows have longer tail feathers and a slight crown. Good find.