Ed hogg Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Seen this morning in Burnett County, Wisconsin. My guess is that this is a Gadwall but I am not positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Green-winged Teal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Just now, Quiscalus quiscula said: Green-winged Teal. How could you tell from this? Personally, I think this should be left as Dabblint Duck Sp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 9 hours ago, IKLland said: How could you tell from this? Personally, I think this should be left as Dabblint Duck Sp. Green on the back of head, nice orange head. Green-winged Teal for sure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 10 hours ago, IKLland said: How could you tell from this? Personally, I think this should be left as Dabblint Duck Sp. Agreed. Im not seeing enough to ID it. I don’t see the shoulder spur. I can’t rule out Gadwall or Wigeon 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 @Ed hogghogg, can I try editing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 13 hours ago, IKLland said: How could you tell from this? Personally, I think this should be left as Dabblint Duck Sp. Shape, GISS, if you look carefully there is a shoulder spur. Brown head, green patch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 3 hours ago, Avery said: Agreed. Im not seeing enough to ID it. I don’t see the shoulder spur. I can’t rule out Gadwall or Wigeon Same, I still can’t see the shoulder spur. GISS is screaming female pintail to me, but this isn’t identifiable unless proven otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 13 minutes ago, IKLland said: Same, I still can’t see the shoulder spur. GISS is screaming female pintail to me, but this isn’t identifiable unless proven otherwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 6 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: That doesn’t look green at all to me, it just looks pale. I don’t understand how you’re saying that’s an an actual spur and not just a lighting effect from the bright sun in this photo, or a reflection from the water, etc. Unless the OP has other photos, this isn’t identifiable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Just now, IKLland said: That doesn’t look green at all to me, it just looks pale. I don’t understand how you’re saying that’s an an actual spur and not just a lighting effect from the bright sun in this photo, or a reflection from the water, etc. Unless the OP has other photos, this isn’t identifiable. I'm not going to push this one any further, personally I think the positioning of the pale spur is pretty spot on, and it seems to be in a shadow, so probably not the sun or reflection. I was talking about the green on the head, which is not pale. It's reasonable to leave it as dabbling duck sp., though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbvol50 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 My impression is Gadwall but don't think a firm ID is possible 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed hogg Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 9 hours ago, Birds are cool said: can I try editing it? Go for it. I wish I knew how to edit photos better but that is definitely not my strong suit. My max is cropping photos and lighting it up a bit. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 The spur on a GWTE is behind the head, and is vertical. Unless it’s an Eurasian, then the horizontal stripe is along the flanks. Even if that white isn’t reflection, as I think it is, it’s in the wrong location. 7 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: personally I think the positioning of the pale spur is pretty spot on, and it seems to be in a shadow, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 14 minutes ago, Avery said: The spur on a GWTE is behind the head, and is vertical. Unless it’s an Eurasian, then the horizontal stripe is along the flanks. Even if that white isn’t reflection, as I think it is, it’s in the wrong location. I was talking about the vertical white stripe on the side of its breast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 19 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: I was talking about the vertical white stripe on the side of its breast. Yes, but what you circled is a horizontal stripe that is too far forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Just now, Avery said: Yes, but what you circled is a horizontal stripe that is too far forward. I think it appears that way because of the way its neck is held. Can't find a good photo with the head in the same position right now, but it's not necessarily straight up and down all the time. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/578094561 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Unidentifiable in my opinion. If I had to choose I'd lean Gadwall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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