The Duck thread
 

No, not for eating.
But this year I have seen my fair share of ducks and I'de like to share the wildest ones yet.

Harlequin Ducks, these are sea ducks. Picture taken at Point Lookout beach NY, just a mile away from Jones Beach.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8...45e03697d6.jpg
Harlequin Ducks by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

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Here are some of the common ducks of the area,
From left to right,

Ring-Necked Duck, Gadwall, Red-head duck, American Wigeon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8049/8...a32dd4ca36.jpg
Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, American Wigeon, Gadwall by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Great duck photos! It's nice to see 4 different kinds in one photo on the 2nd one!

its not yet spring yet the ducks are back ....then, we are going to have an early spring....

All the geese have flown past my house for the north already.
Well most of them

What lovely ducks. Such strikkg patterns

Thanks!

I have actually seen 25 species of ducks since the new year. The only ducks around that I have not seen are
Wood Duck, Surf Scoter, King Eider and there are 1 or two Barrow's Goldeneye.
In fact, I would have gotten the Barrows and the Woodduck together had I arrived the location where I missed them only 20 minutes earlier. :((

Am hoping to get the Blue Winged teals in the summer or fall along with the Wood ducks.

here is my full duck list

1 Gadwall Oakland Lake US-NY 08 Jan 2013
2 Eurasian Wigeon Massapequa Preserve US-NY 10 Jan 2013
3 American Wigeon Hermon Macneil Park US-NY 09 Jan 2013
4 American Black Duck Jones Beach US-NY 05 Jan 2013
5 Mallard Point Lookout US-NY 05 Jan 2013
6 Northern Shoveler Jones Beach US-NY 05 Jan 2013
7 Northern Pintail Jamiaca Bay US-NY 11 Jan 2013
8 Green-winged Teal Oakland Lake US-NY 08 Jan 2013
9 Canvasback Assi Plaza, Flushing River US-NY 07 Jan 2013
10 Redhead Saint Johns Pond Sanctuary US-NY 15 Jan 2013
11 Ring-necked Duck Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond US-NY 11 Jan 2013
12 Tufted Duck Saint Johns Pond Sanctuary US-NY 15 Jan 2013
13 Greater Scaup Jones Beach US-NY 10 Jan 2013
14 Lesser Scaup Flushing Meadows Park US-NY 07 Jan 2013
15 Common Eider Point Lookout US-NY 05 Jan 2013
16 Harlequin Duck Jones Beach US-NY 10 Jan 2013
17 White-winged Scoter Point Lookout US-NY 05 Jan 2013
18 Black Scoter Point Lookout US-NY 05 Jan 2013
19 Long-tailed Duck Point Lookout US-NY 05 Jan 2013
22 Bufflehead Jones Beach US-NY 05 Jan 2013
21 Common Goldeneye Jamiaca Bay US-NY 15 Jan 2013
22 Hooded Merganser Flushing Meadows Park US-NY 07 Jan 2013
23 Common Merganser Flushing Meadows Park US-NY 15 Jan 2013
24 Red-breasted Merganser Point Lookout US-NY 05 Jan 2013
25 Ruddy Duck Jamiaca Bay US-NY 05 Jan 2013

I came here thinking it is about eating duck! lol

I love mallard, the male birds, though. That velvety green head...
I do like the blue feathers on the females toward the rear of their bodies.

The Duck Dynasty thread? :)
Their is a canal behind the houses across the street from me. All's I ever get is the Mascobe ducks and the mess they leave. P U My Mother in law chase's them with a stick when she see them. but they come right back.;)

Beautiful photos, Tindo. The Harlequins are my favorites. We see them here about this time of the year.

Thanks Ron!
My favourite ducks are the Ruddy Ducks. Even though they are very common, I love the blue bills, and compact size. Well, you know me and miniatures. Maybe thats some kind of syndrome, maybe I ought to get that analyzed :shock:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/7...20c4c51e04.jpg
Ruddy Duck by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

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These are pretty cool too!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8027/7...6ac2eb851a.jpg
Canvasback by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Wow, that's amazing! the beak is turquoise!

Buffleheads
 

Male Bufflehead

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8...18ba5b8b70.jpg
Buffleheads by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

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Hooded Merganser

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5200/7...6d98583bc1.jpg
Hooded merganser-07 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Really nice duck pictures

Wood Ducks
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8...7d77877a38.jpg
Wood Duck-03 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8520/8...b54584d1cd.jpg
Wood Duck-02 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Male Mallard
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8...87724e048a.jpg
Mallard Duck-Winter-01 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Female Mallard
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8...4b670da2b5.jpg
Mallard female-02 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Northern Shoveler
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8...0d080acf97.jpg
Northern Shoveler-Fall-02 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Hooded Merganser, Male
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8...fff5219a07.jpg
Hooded Merganser-Queens Zoo-01 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Female Hooded Merganser
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8373/8...f031a019d2.jpg
Hooded Merganser-Queens Zoo-04 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8109/8...5b96e9539d.jpg
Hooded Merganser-Queens Zoo-03 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Long-tailed Duck
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8...016839595f.jpg
Long-Tailed Duck-03 by tindomul1of9, on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8...52fbecb062.jpg
Long-Tailed Duck by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

My little sister is obsessed with ducks and would love this thread. I'm going to show it to her when I get home, she'll love to see what a wood duck actually looks like! :)

Great pics Tindo. Here the most common are Malards, but we do get some others as well. I have a picture of something else at home I'll have to post it so maybe you will know what it is :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8...fb0df99d6d.jpg

I thought I had a closer up picture of the male of these, but can't find it. No idea what it is.

Blue-Winged Teals. My first for the year!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8...a3270340e9.jpg
Blue-winged Teal by tindomul1of9, on Flickr

Hi Tindo,

Do you recognize this duck?

The Van Baren Blog: Diving Ducks IV

I think this one is a Redhead Duck. We took this at Twycross zoo which I pass on my way to work each day.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8260/8...681c8c4221.jpg

cool!!!

Wow! Great photos! I love those Ruddy Ducks! (I love miniature things myself... Kinda obsessive! Lol, funny thing, my dad, is exactly the same way! He is a little more obsessive tho... U should see my parents house... Lots of tiny little things all over the place! Lol)

I love the Buffleheads, Hooded Merganser, and the Long-Tailed Ducks too! They r soo pretty! Those wood ducks (remember correctly?) have such great patterns! I like the up-close pic, I wouldn't have noticed those dots/spots on their chest otherwise, & the coloring on their heads & beaks! Wow! :) great stuff! Thanks Tindo!

I had no idea there were so many pretty ducks. Thanks for showing them.

Is the duck at Café Boulud good?

I'm going there soon, I was looking on their menu and the duck breast looked good. But the aged steak did too... I don't know what I'll get, except definitely a foie gras appetizer which will likely be duck not goose.

I watched Duckumentary on Netflix the other night.
I loved it!!!

I think most of the ducks photographed here were on it.

One thing I particularly liked was how the just hatched ducklings of Wood Duck would jump out the tall tree and land on the ground without being injured.

Amazing nature!

The Duck thread
 

Years ago a pair of wood ducks nested in the cavity of a tree just a small distance from the front door of our house. They were rather shy and in order to get a glimpse of them I had to be very quiet and make no sudden moves. I never could figure out just why they nested here as the closest water is a small lake at the end of the street about 1/4 mile away. The tree with the cavity is still here but I have never again seen the wood ducks. :(
Beverly A.

Hi all,

Some half way decent Harlequin Duck pictures,

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3778/1...ab197be8fd.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/1...8ffe26e694.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3736/1...fd2f0e3e27.jpg

I had seared foie gras appetizer (I don't remember if they explicitly said it was duck, but goose foie gras is much rarer so it probably was), and although I prefer the terrine de foie gras, it was still very, very good.