deaditeash Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Can't figure out what these are - any help would be appreciated! MN wetland along 35E just north of Morristown at noon today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 WOW! Those are Hooded Mergansers, and that group is at least three times larger then the largest group that I've ever seen. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaditeash Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 (edited) I've never seen Hooded Mergansers like that...here are some close ups of white cheeks, orange bills, stiff tail feathers, no crests... Edited September 24 by deaditeash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 These are definitely Hooded Mergansers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaditeash Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 (edited) Ok - agreed due to white markings on lower tertials. But I noticed a few in the group with a more duck shaped bill - weird...and this was only a third of the group! Also, over 1,000 Franklins Gulls... Edited September 24 by deaditeash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Second photo, bird on the far right. Solid dark head, no white or apparent crest; solid white breast and sides, no apparent stripes or rust; dark back / wings. Sorry, Snipping Tool isn't working properly this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 10 hours ago, deaditeash said: 😱 Also, over 1,000 Franklins Gulls. 😱😱🤯 Wish I could be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Second photo, bird on the far right. Solid dark head, no white or apparent crest; solid white breast and sides, no apparent stripes or rust; dark back / wings. Sorry, Snipping Tool isn't working properly this morning. Goldeneye, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaditeash Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 (edited) Ring Necked or a Lesser Scaup I thought...here's a better pic of that one...well these are all terrible since I forgot to change focus from center dot to groups...still at far right...and a few others of all the action going on there! Edited September 24 by deaditeash 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 8 minutes ago, deaditeash said: Ring Necked or a Lesser Scaup I thought...here's a better pic of that one...well these are all terrible since I forgot to change focus from center dot to groups...still at far right...and a few others of all the action going on there! Upon closer inspection, that's a Ring-necked Duck on the right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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