Pedro´s Big New Year

[pedro maia]

#44 US, Common Loon (Gavia immer)

 

 

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#45 US, Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

Edited April 30, 2022 by pedro maia

[michael-ibk]

Nice photos of both Loons. You came quite close! 

[xelas]

US birds are adding up quickly!

Edited May 1, 2022 by xelas

[pedro maia]

I would swear I had already posted the next five...

 

#46 US, American black duck (Anas rubripes)

Edited May 3, 2022 by pedro maia

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#47 US, Green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)

Edited May 4, 2022 by pedro maia

[pedro maia]

#48 US, Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

Male

 

Female

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#49 US, Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

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#50 US, Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

[Tdgraves]

I would swear it too @pedro maia

[michael-ibk]

Yes, some content seems to have been „eaten“ by Safaritalk.

[Galana]

36 minutes ago, michael-ibk said:

some content seems to have been „eaten“ by Safaritalk.

As was my 'suggestion' that the Teals are "Green-winged" Anas carolinensis .

[pedro maia]

41 minutes ago, Galana said:

As was my 'suggestion' that the Teals are "Green-winged" Anas carolinensis .

Is that a different species?

[Galana]

12 hours ago, pedro maia said:

Is that a different species?

It depends on which book you read. (The Yanquis prefer their name. )  but nowadays it is considered a good species.

[pedro maia]

5 hours ago, Galana said:

It depends on which book you read. (The Yanquis prefer their name. )  but nowadays it is considered a good species.

 

I corrected for Green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis), I had that question when I recorded it in Ebird, there the Green-winged teal is Anas crecca and so is in my field guide, I just don´t know with did I put it here as Eurasian teal...

[pedro maia]

#51 US, Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

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#52 US, Eider (Somateria mollissima)

 

Male

 

Female

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#53 US, Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)

 

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#54 US, Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

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#55 US, Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

[Galana]

3 hours ago, pedro maia said:

I had that question when I recorded it in Ebird, there the Green-winged teal is Anas crecca

Ebird is a US outfit hence they claim the 'main' species and call 'our' bird a race of theirs even though we were birding whilst they were chasing Buffalo/Bison.

[pedro maia]

#56 US, Black scoter (Melanitta americana)

Male

 

Female

 

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#57 US, White-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi)

 

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#58 US, Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

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#59 US, Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

 

Edited May 7, 2022 by pedro maia