Kind of looks like a bleached out female Common Goldeneye. A lot of ducks are in some weird plumages right now. Steve Thiessen Stoughton Dane co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> To: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 3:37 PM Subject: [wisb] My mystery duck is still a mystery > > I've received some interesting replies about the mystery duck I > photographed behind the Milwaukee Art Museum yesterday. Some thought it > was a White-winged Scoter (my original impression until I looked at the > photos). Some thought it was a Long-tailed Duck. Others thought maybe a > Ruddy Duck or Blue-winged Teal. And quite a few others basically said "I > don't know what the heck it is". > > I decided to post a few more photos on Flickr in case they might help the > ID process. They aren't the clearest photos in the world because I was > shooting into the sun's glare using an LCD viewfinder on a small camera at > a distance. But they do offer various angles of the bird. Let me know what > you all think: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/7198223486/sizes/l/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/7198218680/sizes/l/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/7198212704/sizes/l/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/7198207760/sizes/l/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/7198202924/sizes/l/in/photostream/ > > Thanks! > > Bernie Sloan > Milwaukee > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn
