Here's part two of the photos from my walk around Regent's Park. I have tried to ID the various 'ornamental' ducks, but I could be wrong. Some I haven't been able to ID at all. This was because I went into 'Duck Meltdown' last night after 4 hours of trawling through various duck ID websites, reference books and so on. After a while they all started to look the same! Due to fallen trees from last weekends storm, certain areas were cordoned off and I had to take many of these photos from quite a distance.
1.(EUROPEAN) Goldeneye
2.Ruddy Shelduck (YES)
3.AND MORE...
4.Preening time!
5.Male & female Pochard (YES)
6.Male Tufted Duck & Female Pochard? (YES)
7.Juvenile Great Crested Grebe? (YES)
8.Shoveler (YES)
9.AND AGAIN
10.My first thought was Herring Gull, but then I looked at the RSPB book and thought First Winter Black Backed Gull (Greater) (RIGHT FIRST TIME, HERRING GULL FIRST WINTER)
11.The adult version (NO, THIS IS AN ADULT LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL)
12.To add to the confusion. Another First Winter Gull of some description. (OF THE HERRING VARIETY)
13.Egyptian Geese (Juveniles?) (YES)
The gulls exchange insurance details following an unfortunate mid-lake pile up!
14.Canada Geese (OBVIOUSLY)
15.I don't know where to start with this one! Baikal Teal maybe? (CORRECT)
16.Ringed Teal? (YES)
17.Female Teal of some kind? (FEMALE GARGANEY)
18.AS ABOVE
19.Red Headed Pochard (YES)
20.Female Red Crested Pochard? (YES)
21.Female Ringed Teal? (BAIKAL TEAL {DRAKE} COLOURING UP)
22.Any ideas? (ARGENTINE SHOVELER)
23.And again... (CAPE TEAL)
24.Mute Swan!!!
25.Help! I think this species has featured earlier in the posting but with the view being from above, it looks rather different. (THE ARGENTINE SHOVELER ONCE AGAIN)
26.AND AGAIN
27.Goldeneye (YES)
28.Back to the queries. Speckled teal? (YES)
29.There are similarities in so many of these. I'm guessing many of them are female. The beaks seem different in colour and shape.(VERSICOLOR TEAL)
30.Another query. White Faced Whistling Duck is what Hazy has suggested. Sounds right. (YES)
31.(AMERICAN) Wigeon?
32.Wood Duck and...? Is that a female Madarin? (PINTAIL)
33.Again. Stumped. (CHILOE WIGEON)
34.Female Ringed Teal? Maybe not, the red on the beak doesn't match up. Back to the textbooks! (BAHAMA PINTAIL)
35.Mandarin Central. If the brown ones are females, the one at the front seems to have a different head colour. (MANDARINS AND BAHAMA PINTAILS)
Part Three to follow later. I need to lie down in a darkened room and stop thinking about ducks!
I've edited this. I confused Wood Ducks with Mandarins on my initial upload.
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)
Great 2nd thread MC, not sure if the "another query" one is the white faced Whistling Ducks ? Aiki will be able to help us again LOL
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Regards, Hazel
Unknown said: Great 2nd thread MC, not sure if the "another query" one is the white faced Whistling Ducks ? Aiki will be able to help us again LOL
I think you're right. They were in the sanctuary area, which is where we spotted them last time. Thanks.
Hi MC, I have just found this website on Duck ID's which may help with some of them ........ HERE
The pic after the mute swan may be an Argentine Red Shoveler and think you have it right with the Baikal Teal
Your "stumped again" looks like a Chiloe Widgeon according to the web link I gave you.
Consider yourself hired as my 'Duck Research Assistant'.
ROFL @ MC !!
Thanks for the link. I used the 'Female Brown Duck' link during my search last night. There are quite a few sites that were useful. Yours was one of the best detailed.
glad it helped, I have put it into my bookmarks for future reference. Handy to have when Aiki is not around lol
I've had to re-edit the previous post. I confused Wood Ducks and Mandarins. The females gave it away. Why do they have to sit together?
Thanks B-R-N. I'm sure I've misidentified a few, but they are not your normal every day Mallards lol
I wouldn't want to spoil your fun! Between you, you seem to be doing pretty well at getting names.
Some of those that you haven't named are females of species you have named (as you suspected), and in one case you have named the female but not the males. Think a bit smaller for your gulls, and try combining some of the following words for the rest (some words may be used more than once):
American, Silver, Pintail, cheeked, Chiloe (as suggested)Teal, Wigeon, and Cape.
The Yank is one you have already tried to put a name to - and an American birder might say that you got it right.
Have fun!
;o)
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