tyngsborobirdguy Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Hi, My adult son, who lives in Northampton MA, took the attached picture of ducks feeding in the Connecticut River a day or two ago. I picked out one duck and fed its blurry photo to Photo Sleuth in iBird, but it was too blurry, I guess. He watched them for a while, saw one duck dive for a fish, then almost all the ducks gather around and start diving. One duck got a fish and some others tries to take it away. I have attached the photos. Would be nice to know what ducks they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyngsborobirdguy Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 I'm attaching what Photo Sleuth came up with, but I think the photo was too blurry for it to come close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Welcome to Whatbird! Unfortunately, I don't think these photos are identifiable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 These look like Hooded Mergansers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 9 minutes ago, IKLland said: These look like Hooded Mergansers. Upon closer inspection, I agree that the cropped photo is of a Hooded Merganser. However, I don't think all of the ducks are, because I don't believe Hooded Mergansers gather in such large flocks of the same species. Probably a flock with several duck species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Why not just one large flock of Common Merganser? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: Why not just one large flock of Common Merganser? Good point.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 These look like gulls to me. Likely Ring-billed. Funny, I could’ve sworn that bridge was in my hometown in VT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyngsborobirdguy Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 Thanks for all the suggestions, comments and guesses. To me it looks most like a Glaucos Gull, but they are not found this far south, according to iBird. I think I can see a yellow bill, gray mantle and white breast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 These birds look very similar to each other. Wouldn’t a flock of gulls this large show more variation by age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Looking at it stain, I can see them as gulls. I wouldn’t call anything a certain species from these photos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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