Birder help
Jan 19, 2021 05:31:45 #
UTMike wrote:
While processing shots from my last outing to Farmington Bay, I came across this shot.
Does anyone have an idea what that is to the left of the bird on the ground? Another bird? If so, any idea what kind?
Download is probably necessary.
Does anyone have an idea what that is to the left of the bird on the ground? Another bird? If so, any idea what kind?
Download is probably necessary.
Jan 19, 2021 08:44:05 #
Jan 19, 2021 09:52:24 #
It's a Juvenile black-crowned Night Heron. Look at the beak and the legs, doesn't look like a Mallard Duck to me.
Jan 19, 2021 10:08:52 #
NMGal wrote:
Not at all sure, but makes me think of a duck. Nice pic.
I agree with NMGal, some kind of duck. From the glimpse of a white neck-ring, possibly a Mallard, with the lighting making the head look black rather than an iridescent green.
Marshall
Jan 19, 2021 10:28:31 #
Jan 19, 2021 10:51:44 #
slcarn
Loc: Draper, Utah USA
UTMike wrote:
While processing shots from my last outing to Farmington Bay, I came across this shot.
Does anyone have an idea what that is to the left of the bird on the ground? Another bird? If so, any idea what kind?
Download is probably necessary.
Does anyone have an idea what that is to the left of the bird on the ground? Another bird? If so, any idea what kind?
Download is probably necessary.
Mike,
This kind of looks like your bird.
Steve
Jan 19, 2021 11:06:50 #
I think a Heron not a duck the eye and the bill says Heron
also it looks buried in the reeds. I'm not sure which one you are looking for a name to.
also it looks buried in the reeds. I'm not sure which one you are looking for a name to.
Jan 19, 2021 11:46:31 #
Great shot and tack sharp. I too believe it to be a duck with a white band on its neck.
Jan 19, 2021 12:20:46 #
Jan 19, 2021 14:22:43 #
Jan 19, 2021 16:06:25 #
Hsch39 wrote:
It's a Juvenile black-crowned Night Heron. Look at the beak and the legs, doesn't look like a Mallard Duck to me.
To the left of the Heron's legs, dark blob (on some screens) on the the ground.
Jan 19, 2021 16:08:43 #
SpikeW wrote:
I think a Heron not a duck the eye and the bill says Heron
also it looks buried in the reeds. I'm not sure which one you are looking for a name to.
also it looks buried in the reeds. I'm not sure which one you are looking for a name to.
Dark shape to the left of the Heron's lower legs. That is a duck.
Jan 19, 2021 17:21:25 #
robertjerl wrote:
To the left of the Heron's legs, dark blob (on some screens) on the the ground.
Thanks, I guess I was not awake yet when I made the comment.
Jan 19, 2021 18:30:37 #
Hsch39 wrote:
Thanks, I guess I was not awake yet when I made the comment.
And can you tell from my typing that I was just starting my first cup of coffee?
Jan 19, 2021 19:41:16 #
robertjerl wrote:
I appears to be a napping duck with its head turned and beak on its back or tucked into the feathers like this image of a mallard female, only seen from the front instead of the side. The white ring hints at it being a mallard drake.
That was my first impression - napping Mallard Drake. The fact that it's napping clinches that it's definitely a male. The female would NOT be napping.
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