Author Topic: Can you help ID this duck (Read 882 times)

Michael Brigman · « **on:** December 12, 2004, 02:37:33 PM »

I was walking out of the woods today after the morning shoot and I met another hunter with some ducks in a bag. He asked if I could help ID a duck for him. He showed me a medium-sized duck, about the size of a Wood Duck, and the body and feathers even looked a little like a Wood Duck. But he had a black head with a black mohawk, webed feet, and a fish-eater bill (thin and pointed). On each side of his head he had big white patches that went up into the mohawk.

At first glance I thought it was a Bufflehead, but having never seen a real one (that wasn't in a book) I couldn't be sure. He thought it was a Hooded Merganser, but I've never seen one of them either.

Does anyone know what kind of duck that was?

Michael Brigman · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2004, 06:00:19 AM »

I found a good pic of him on the net. It was in fact a Hooded Merganser, taken in north-east TX.

Specklebelly · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2004, 02:31:25 PM »

Michael

Glad for you getting a merg.

A little advice, this would be a great duck to give to someone else to eat. :-D

Good luck this weekend at the marshes, I am taking it off. Have other things to do, like going after Mrs. Bambi.

IntrepidWizard · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2004, 03:50:16 PM »

Best way to cook the diver ducks is wrapped in a Gunny sack with 1/2 dozen notched oranges for 8 hours,take out and boil the Oranges for soup.

mnblaster · « **Reply #4 on:** December 27, 2004, 04:03:25 AM »

The guy who shot those birds needs to learn some duck I.D. to avoid wasting his shells.