floraphile Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) 01 Dec 2020 Baldwin co. AL; Mobile Bay; public pier & park On walk with daughter, so no camera today. Saw what I thought at first were 3 red & white crab trap floats, but ultimately decided they were birds. They were fairly close to shore, but not close enough to see any detail. My daughter (who is 30 years younger and with better eyesight) confirmed they were birds. With my bins, I could see red heads and light bodies, but couldn't see a lot of detail. They weren't very active, just floating. The birds looked rather compacted A-P. I ID'd as Redhead. Cornell site also suggests Canvasback, but the birds I saw didn't have that stretched-out head look that the pics have. Thoughts? Anything else I should consider? Camera & spotting scope are taking a trip to the pier tomorrow. Edited December 1, 2020 by floraphile typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Redhead would be more likely I believe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, floraphile said: Camera & spotting scope are taking a trip to the pier tomorrow. I'm going to wait on the follow-up post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Charlie Spencer said: I'm going to wait on the follow-up post! Probably a good plan. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 hour ago, floraphile said: Anything else I should consider? Decoys? I was almost fooled by Mallard decoys a couple days ago, but I noticed they looked really compact and colorful and were just floating in a weird way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Okay, I just reread your post and saw that these were at a pier. So likely no duck hunting going on over there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said: Okay, I just reread your post and saw that these were at a pier. So likely no duck hunting going on over there! Well, it is Alabama... ? Edited December 2, 2020 by floraphile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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