derekhon2 11/10/2019 12:34
Female/JUV duck ID plz
Long Valley
10/10/2019
5:30pm
ID please!
The size of the duck is bigger than Eurasian Teal and Garganey.
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48875162501_c584a6e59c_h.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48874661983_33dc271e13_h.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48875182236_cbc5fa0754_h.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48874573488_e2898a41b7_h.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48875299352_558184e466_h.jpg[/img]
For comparison (Appeared at the same time)
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48875926077_67fd32ae8f_h.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48875232798_4afcc3bbe4_h.jpg[/img]
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ajohn 12/10/2019 12:21
Most are Common/Eurasian Teal, except for a Garganey in picture #6 (with the stilt, after your note for comparison).
There are at least two teal here - the bird in the last photo is a different bird from the others (I think this is a juvenile and the others are eclipse male).
Note the white patch at the sides of the tail, which is a very usful ID feature for Common Teal.
derekhon2 12/10/2019 15:01
Thank you very much for the tips on identification of Teal.