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Title: Red headed duck
Post by: saylean on June 04, 2008, 02:13:45 PM: Not a duck guy...I mean, I know a mallard and the wood duck, etc...but couldnt tell you what this guy is. Anywho, he was swimming by and I snapped some quick shots. Enjoy~

Ooops...should have put it in the waterfowl threads...my bad.
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: boneaddict on June 04, 2008, 02:25:25 PM: Merganser
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: boneaddict on June 04, 2008, 02:26:36 PM: cool pics by the way. lots of dead Baby steelhead in that little cute little scene.
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: Ray on June 04, 2008, 02:28:28 PM: Looks like a Common Merganser. Very cool bird. Looks like piggy back time for the kids :chuckle:

http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowlgallery.aspx

http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowlGallery/79/index.html
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: saylean on June 04, 2008, 02:32:26 PM: Yea, I freaked em out when i went out on the dock to snap a shot. I have others of them swimmin in formation...

You should see all the baby steelhead swarming around the lake the last few weeks...
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: Intruder on June 04, 2008, 02:33:32 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on June 04, 2008, 02:25:25 PM
Merganser

Yup....

Funny story. Back when I was in high school a buddy and I were duck hunting the P.O. River in Idaho. We were heading back to the car (after shooting a limit I'm sure :rolleyes:) and this guy flags us down. So we motor over to him on the bank and he's all excited. He asks us to go pick up 3 Redheads he just shot. We say sure..... as we approach the first 1 it's clear it's a mergy. We pick up his three trophy mergies and deliver em to him. "Sure nice ducks mister." Wonder how yummy those buggers were :chuckle:
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: addicted on June 23, 2008, 11:45:31 AM: cool pics. i think i got three last year. ate one. didnt taste too bad. havent quite mastered waterfowl cooking yet either. 2 of the ones i got were right next to the stilli so those were definate salmon killers.

heres a thread, some opinions, laughs, etc :)

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2536.msg24646.html#msg24646
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: Intruder on June 24, 2008, 08:43:40 AM: I can't imagine they taste good but I've never eaten one either. I'm not a big fan of duck anyway. I can really tell when a puddle duck has been eatin worms or other critters as opposed to vegie matter. I think I'll just have to take your word for it :)
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on June 24, 2008, 10:52:00 AM: Mergansers make a sh!t sandwich look tasty :chuckle:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 24, 2008, 11:22:34 AM: Never tried one of those sandwiches :puke:
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: ICEMAN on June 24, 2008, 09:54:15 PM: Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on June 24, 2008, 10:52:00 AM
Mergansers make a sh!t sandwich look tasty :chuckle:

Damn thats funny!

(Merganser ain't half as bad a coot....)
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: saylean on June 24, 2008, 09:58:31 PM: Here is a few more from today...the eagles have been bomb diving these fools for the last week or so.
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: Ray on June 24, 2008, 10:00:07 PM: Cute little buggers. I ran into a herd of those on saturday. All skipping across the water.
Title: Re: Red headed duck
Post by: jackelope on June 24, 2008, 10:14:12 PM: tell the eagles to keep doing what they are doing.
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Post by: Jackjr on June 26, 2008, 09:29:16 PM: Talk about a bad hair day :yike: :chuckle: