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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: boneaddict on April 23, 2011, 06:11:49 PM
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Can someone tell me what kind of duck this is PLEASE
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Northern Shoveler
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Thank you. I wondered if it was a shoveler just because of his bill and how he fed. How about the kids flying behind him. I thought Ringneck, but then again I don't see a ring.LOL
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Those are Ring-Necked.
Most of the time, unless you are right on top of them or holding them in your hand, it is hard to see the ring.
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THANK YOU!
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Doug, are those recent? I see a bunch every year by my place, but they have been gone for about a month now. Just curious.
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Yesterday. I saw a Ruddy in mid color phase too.
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Thank you. I wondered if it was a shoveler just because of his bill and how he fed. How about the kids flying behind him. I thought Ringneck, but then again I don't see a ring.LOL
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Those divers are not ringnecks they are scaup aka bluebill.
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Nice pics
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]Those divers are not ringnecks they are scaup aka bluebill.
That was too Easy, Now are they Lesser or Greater Scaup? :dunno:
:chuckle:
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Nice pictures by the way. I've taken a couple hen shovlers but a drake is definetly on my top 5 "need to bag one list"
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Those divers are not ringnecks they are scaup aka bluebill.
Noticed that, too - white patch on the front of the face on the hen and the bright blue bill with no white "outlines" on the drakes give it away. Managed to get a few last season year and they sure are a pretty bird.
I'm curious if they are greater or lesser too, though. Any tips from experience telling them apart?
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I'm curious if they are greater or lesser too, though. Any tips from experience telling them apart?
It's pretty tough for me to tell them apart, size is the main difference, I believe the greaters tend to have a more greenish head while the lessers tend to have more of a purpleish tint to the head feathers but it's not consistant so size is the only determining factor. :dunno:
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I would guess that they are lessers. Hard to say unless I was holding one though.
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they are lessers. they about the same size as a shoveler. very pretty birds they both are. and great pics bone!! might have to get a print of that one from you
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Drake Shoveler
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For those of you that are interested, I found this to be really helpful on the greater vs lesser scaup ID :)
http://www.utahbirds.org/featarts/Scaup.htm (http://www.utahbirds.org/featarts/Scaup.htm)
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Crispy, nice side by side. With that said i would say greater... anyone with me?
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Crispy, nice side by side. With that said i would say greater... anyone with me?
Pics weren't taken by me, I just stumbled across them when I was googling so I can't take credit for the shots (agreed, they are nice).
I was actually thinking lessers just based on the dark heads and the more pronounced mottled black/white on the back. I don't know enough about their relative size to speak to that, though. I've only bagged three ever.
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I've been trying to save a picture of each species, Here is a Greater I shot this Year, for reference I'm 5'10" 205 dog was about 90lbs in this picture, I only knew it was a greater because I shot a couple lessers the same day and he was bigger.
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Yep! Northern Shoveler aka Spoony! and the flying ones are Lesser Scaup aka Bluebills. Lesser Scaup have a purple tint to their head feathers while Greater Scaup have a green tint to their head feathers
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Those are lesser scaup. The way to tell the apart is in their wings. The deep white speculum will extend further out towards the wing tip in a greater than in a lesser. While both have white on most of the wing, the greaters is deeper.
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Very cool.. I change my answer! :chuckle: I like the wing compariso photo thanks
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Telling them apart by head color is quite difficult. Both lessers and greaters have a green or purple tint to their head, just depends on the angle of the light. Same thing with a mallard, held in certain light it turns purple. The lessers generally appear darker over much of the light spectrum than a greater does, in my personal experience.
Bill size is another give away. Greaters have a much broader bill than the the lessers.
Body size is an OK estimator. A young greater will be the same size as a lesser, and I've shot some hog lessers that could easily be mistaken for a greater. Generally greaters are larger, who woulda thunk it :chuckle:
One of my favorite birds to pursue :IBCOOL:
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:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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well said Teal101! long time no talk!
nice pic there Coho! :chuckle: :chuckle:
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very cool pic coho.. I've been on a falconry hunt and they are sweet! we only hunted rabbits tho...
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well said Teal101! long time no talk!
nice pic there Coho! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Yeah it has. My season was all of two hunts, was just too busy with other things and barely made it out :'( Gearing up for fishing though!
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well said Teal101! long time no talk!
nice pic there Coho! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Yeah it has. My season was all of two hunts, was just too busy with other things and barely made it out :'( Gearing up for fishing though!
we'll have to change that next year and meet up for some hunts! you bet! I have done a pretty good amount of trout fishing already but really looking forward to school getting out!