Hooded Margansers

[Lunatic]

They showed up yesterday>
Any idea on the duck in the 2nd picture?

Edited November 20, 2020 by Lunatic

[mazzgolf]

As bad as they taste, they are very beautiful birds!

[midwestxpress]

Female bluewing teal ?

[mazzgolf]

8 minutes ago, Lunatic said:

Any idea on the duck in the 2nd picture?

 

If I had to guess - female gadwall.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gadwall/id

[Lunatic]

18 minutes ago, mazzgolf said:

If I had to guess - female gadwall.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gadwall/id

Hard to tell by the picture but this duck IMO was way too small for Gadwall... But maybe IDKN

Edited November 20, 2020 by Lunatic

[LittleM]

Great pics.  I have issues with those white patches and blowing out the photos.    No idea on that small duck....

[Lunatic]

21 minutes ago, midwestxpress said:

Female bluewing teal ?

Maybe. IDKN

[Lunatic]

6 minutes ago, LittleM said:

Great pics.  I have issues with those white patches and blowing out the photos.    No idea on that small duck....

In full sun the white patches almost always get overexposed. These pictures were taken at the end of the day when the light is nice and soft.

The problem is with dark subject with white patches. The camera gets tricked, thinking its a dark object and the white gets overexposed.
If you taking shots in bright sun get as much speed as you can get from your camera and you may get lucky and ISO at 100

Edited November 20, 2020 by Lunatic

[LittleM]

Yea, it's a female blue-winged teal

[Lunatic]

2 minutes ago, LittleM said:

Yea, it's a female blue-winged teal

That a smaller ducks so its possible

[tpr1921]

Outstanding photography.

[rackemup]

Beautiful pictures as always!!

2nd pic is definitely a Teal.👍

[Hawkeye57]

gadwall?  

[Bubblehead]

That duck in the second picture is a hen green wing teal. If it were a blue wing the bill would be longer in comparison to the head and a bit flatter. Similar to a northern shoveler. 
 

great shots of the hoodies, great birds for photography for sure!

[Lunatic]

48 minutes ago, Bubblehead said:

That duck in the second picture is a hen green wing teal. If it were a blue wing the bill would be longer in comparison to the head and a bit flatter. Similar to a northern shoveler. 
 

great shots of the hoodies, great birds for photography for sure!

The white patch matches as well