Winter Waterfowl ID – How Did You Do?
Yesterday I posted a number of pictures of waterfowl we found along the Centennial Trail in Lemont, Illinois. Today I’ll identify each of them for you. You can click on each picture to read more information about identifiable field marks. How did you do?
Female Redhead
Male Redhead
Female Greater Scaup
From left: Lesser Scaup (m), Greater Scaup (f), Ring-necked Duck (m), Lesser Scaup (f), Redhead (m)
From Left: Ring-necked Duck (m), Redhead (m), Greater Scaup (f)
Female Lesser Scaup
Male Lesser Scaup
Mute Swan
From left: Ring-necked Duck, Gadwall, Tundra Swan, Redheads (m), Greater Scaup (f)
Did you get them all right? I know we struggled with many of them – particularly the Scaups. More on them later.
Stay Safe. Go Birding. Take Pics. Share Here. Repeat.
Mike
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