Ducks, Raptor, & passerine sp.

[floraphile]

10 Mar 2021 Baldwin co. AL; Mobile Bay and saltwater/brackish marsh

The 3 ducks were together in a group

1 & 2.  Lesser Scaup--

2. 

3.  ?Female Redhead

4.  ?Northern Harrier--the head shape looked more like an Osprey, but the color distribution  on head & body looked (to me) more like Harrier.

5.  ??--in tree with female Red-wing Blackbirds, but not associating with them.  They were all looking at this bird.  It never turned its head.

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[floraphile]

3.  Correction:  female Scaup sp.

Edited March 10, 2021 by floraphile
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[Avery]

First two birds look like redheads to me. Yes to harrier.  Last bird might be a grackle, though I’m not sure what else you could get. 

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[floraphile]

30 minutes ago, Avery said:

First two birds look like redheads to me. Yes to harrier.  Last bird might be a grackle, though I’m not sure what else you could get. 

I thought Redhead at first, then talked myself out of it.  ?

[Tony Leukering]

Redhead

Northern Harrier (possibly a juv male, but the subject is too out-of-focus to be certain)

Don’t know, but why not an American Robin? The underparts give a suggestion of reddishness.

[Hasan]

I'm not really picking up what you're putting down. Last bird looks like a Common Grackle to me.

[floraphile]

1 hour ago, Tony Leukering said:

Redhead

Northern Harrier (possibly a juv male, but the subject is too out-of-focus to be certain)

Don’t know, but why not an American Robin? The underparts give a suggestion of reddishness.

I see the eyering now and the breast--I agree with American Robin.

[Avery]

28 minutes ago, floraphile said:

I see the eyering now and the breast--I agree with American Robin.

I think the “reddish breast” is an out of focus twig. 

[floraphile]

5 minutes ago, Avery said:

I think the “reddish breast” is an out of focus twig. 

I'll just call it "passerine sp."