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["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS KNPC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx>]

Thanks to Gary Ritchison for posting two photos of a group of waterfowl in 
flight. The shots were taken by Rick Seelhorst over South Shore WMA, Greenup 
Co., 1 March 2008. The two shots are different images of portions of the same 
flying flock. I had Gary include two images because you can see some 
individuals better in one than the other. 
 
How many species of waterfowl can you ID in the two photos combined? I *think* 
I know what all the birds are, but I'm sure we'll have a bit of debate about 
the identity of a few individuals. Should be interesting :o)
 
The images can be viewed at the following link:
 

http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/distant_ducks.htm

 

Note that these images are relatively large in size and will take a couple of 
minutes to download if you are on dial-up; you can view a larger size of the 
images for better details in the ducks by clicking on the original images. At 
the larger size, only a few birds will be visible at any one time, but you can 
curse left and right and up and down to view the birds in detail.

 

BPB