Comments on: Friday Quiz: Bottoms Up http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Josh http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15831 Josh Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:35:48 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=46138#comment-15831 I don’t mean to gloat but . . . WOOHOO! Shovelers are my all-time favorite Duck. They’ve got big noses just like me ;)

]]> By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15830 Kate St. John Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:15 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=46138#comment-15830 And the answer is…
Josh is right.
Charlie saw the ducks with their heads up & identified them as Northern Shovelers.

I guessed Northern Shoveler based on the male’s botTom (front left), but the females (the two in the back) look enough like mallards that they could be. The real mystery is the front right bird. I wonder if that’s what an immature male looks like… ?

]]> By: Mary Ann Pike http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15829 Mary Ann Pike Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:48 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=46138#comment-15829 This is going to sound odd, but Mallards, maybe?

]]> By: Barb http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15828 Barb Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:16 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=46138#comment-15828 American Black Duck?

]]> By: mason4salo http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15827 mason4salo Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:34:47 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=46138#comment-15827 harlequin ducks?

]]> By: Josh http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15826 Josh Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:05:44 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=46138#comment-15826 My best guess is Northern Shoveler. (They had SO MANY of them at Bombay Hook when I visited over Thanksgiving break I couldn’t believe my own eyes.)

]]> By: Sharon Leadbitter http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15824 Sharon Leadbitter Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:31:24 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=46138#comment-15824 Wood Ducks maybe?

Personally I would’ve named it “Duckus Moonicus” … ;-)

]]> By: Lars Mueller http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/03/friday-quiz-bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15822 Lars Mueller Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:59:45 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=46138#comment-15822 American Wigeon (Anas americana)?

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