Thank you for any help.
6 replies to this topic
#1
cwj2323
-
- New Members
-
- 1349 posts
Ferhoodled
- LocationNear Central Iowa
Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:12 PM
We were in west-central Iowa yesterday and saw these. Most of the birds we could ID, but this group threw us off.
Thank you for any help.
Thank you for any help.
Life list (non ABA)- 211 Latest: Gray Partridge
Coolest: Audubon's Warbler
2013 Year list- 176 (We surpassed last year's end total of 171)
Yard list- 108 Latest: Scarlet Tanager
Coolest: Lesser Yellowlegs (This bird was terribly lost during our May snow, we are near no shore for this shorebird)
#2
hbvol
-
- New Members
-
- 1440 posts
hbvol
- LocationEast Tennessee
Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:23 PM
I think they are ringed-neck ducks
#3
jblakelock
-
- New Members
-
- 925 posts
jblakelock
- LocationPleasant Hill, CA
Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:27 PM
I'm thinking the one in the upper right is a Scaup; no two tone on its bill. They might all be Scaups. I'm not sure whether Greater or Lesser.
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake - Wallace Stevens
#4
Sparky the Cuttlefish
-
- New Members
-
- 1583 posts
Advanced Member
- LocationAnn Arbor, MI
Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:28 PM
The wings on the males are grey, which make these Scaup. Based on head shape, these all look like Lesser Scaup, but there are a couple, like one of the central females, that could possibly be Greater - not 100% sure on that one. Most of them are certainly Lesser.
"The cracker chooses the cheese, Harry"
#5
Shoveler26
-
- New Members
-
- 1431 posts
Winterbirder
- LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:37 PM
They look like mosltey lessers but with some ring necked ducks and maybe one Greater in there.
My Recent Lifers: Hooded Warbler, Cerulean warbler, Spotted Redshank, American Golden Plover, Henslow's sparrow, Bobolink.
My Recent Yard List: Scarlet Tanager, Blackpoll warbler, Yellow breasted Chat, Rose breasted Grosbeak, Indigo bunting
My Recent FOY'S: Swainson's Thrush, Summer Tanager, Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Red Headed Woodpecker, White Eyed Vireo, Red eyed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, House Wren, Magnolia Wabler, Ruby Throated HummingBird, Spotted Sandpiper, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore oriole, Orchard oriole, Wood thrush, Ovenbird.
My life list: 252
#7
cwj2323
-
- New Members
-
- 1349 posts
Ferhoodled
- LocationNear Central Iowa
Posted 01 April 2012 - 06:41 PM
I appreciate your responses. I know it was a bad picture.
Life list (non ABA)- 211 Latest: Gray Partridge
Coolest: Audubon's Warbler
2013 Year list- 176 (We surpassed last year's end total of 171)
Yard list- 108 Latest: Scarlet Tanager
Coolest: Lesser Yellowlegs (This bird was terribly lost during our May snow, we are near no shore for this shorebird)
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users
