Duck id

[BackwoodsHunter]

Anybody know what kinda duck this is? Just curious to know!

[biglakejake]

female blue-winged teal?

 

lee

[trophyhnter]

Looks like a hen ringneck. Do you have a better pic of the head/bill?

[azslim]

That is Daisy Duck, Donald is going to be very mad at you.......

[yotebuster]

Looks like a juvenile drake ring bill to me.

[Lucky Draw]

That is a dead duck.

 

/sorry

[BackwoodsHunter]

Trophy hunter sorry I don't didn't think to take a close up of the bill.

[mr.smith]

Looks like a hen scaup.

[khmer6]

How does it taste :-D

[BackwoodsHunter]

Mr.smith also what I thought!

[CouesWhitetail]

looks like male blue-winged teal out of breeding plummage

[Guest akaspecials]

I gotta disagree with the bwt statements. Every blue wing I've ever seen has the blue on the top of the wings, not in the speculum. And it's not a scaup because it has the white eye ring. I don't think scaup have eye rings.

 

The mohawk and blue speculum makes me lean towards a hen wood duck. But they are pretty uncommon in AZ and it just doesn't have the right look.. My money would be on a hen ringneck with the blueish grey speculum. . Hard to tell without seeing the full beak though.

[yotebuster]

Juvenile drake ringbill.

[mr.smith]

The eye ring could be an anomaly. The obvious facts are it is a female diver duck. Drab gray speculum, short tail, small size. Whether it is a scaup or ringneck can be determine by the color of the eye. If the eye is gold, it's a scaup, if brown it's a ringneck.

Who knows, it could be a cross breed. I've shot two mutt ducks this season already.

[CouesWhitetail]

Good points akaspecials!