Northview Diary: Bird IDs Needed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-1163816206856645", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Northview Diary: Bird IDs Needed

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Bird IDs Needed

Common or arctic loon?

Could these be smews?

Surf Scoter?

A good friend photographed these birds at Low's Lake, NY. Can you ID?

4 comments:

CTG Ponies said...: No idea but they sure are pretty!; 2:17 PM
threecollie said...: cTG, I sure hope someone knows what they are; 9:36 AM
Wil said...: The first one is a common loon which is molting into its winter plumage. I can't help with the other two.; 4:52 PM
threecollie said...: Thanks, Wil, I thought it was a common too, but it is hard to tell. I think I saw an arctic in eclipse once, but I will never be sure.; 6:44 AM

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)