Posted by Barry Langdon-Lassagne (17.219.180.46) on January 11, 2002 at 22:39:01:
In Reply to: Dec Ducks posted by Mike Wasilco on January 03, 2002 at 19:16:20:
If I saw the two upper birds in the wild I would probably dismiss them as mallard hybrids of some sort. In fact, I saw one yesterday that looked like the tan one on the right.
The bottom bird is an adult female Scaup, probably Greater, but I'd want to see another angle, or see it in the field to decide. Head shape is so variable - however it doesn't appear to have the "corner" that Lessers have, and the bill seems more substantial.