How to Identify SEA DUCKS the EASY WAY

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  • Опубликовано: 12 янв 2025

Комментарии • 33

  • @verthosand
    @verthosand День назад +3

    Another amazing video Bob thank you so much. I do have to say I had to slow the video speed down to check out more of the flocks that you were speaking of. I could not stop laughing because it sounded as though you had a little nippy nip as you were speaking, but of course that’s only because I slowed the speed of the video. My best birding buddy Kerry and I had a good chuckle, even snorted with laughter over it but all in all it was another amazing video. Thank you so much. We love your knowledge and content you provide to the YT birding community… and of course our beautiful State of Maine.

    • @Bob_Duchesne
      @Bob_Duchesne  День назад +1

      I think I was a little hyper. I shot on Wednesday, standing in the only spot I could find that was screened from the 30 mph wind! And then the snow...which I wasn't expecting. Meanwhile, I'm watching all kinds of birds watching me film. Odd and indeed.

  • @chiprucker5735
    @chiprucker5735 День назад +1

    Love it Bob. You are an exceptional orator and I so look forward to watching your videos. A big heartfelt thank you from Michigan.

  • @K3rmis
    @K3rmis День назад +3

    Greetings from Finland! Nice content.

  • @kevinhanley4472
    @kevinhanley4472 День назад +1

    Thanks Bob... gonna need to watch this a few times with pen and paper in hand...

  • @TomReichner
    @TomReichner День назад

    First class video. I love the way you presented this!

  • @dvan7117
    @dvan7117 День назад +1

    Thanks Bob. Hope to visit Maine some day.

  • @leobachand8408
    @leobachand8408 День назад

    Great video!! A lot of good tips!!!
    That is one warm looking hat!!!

  • @davearchbell9921
    @davearchbell9921 День назад +1

    Great timing on the video. I saw White Winged, Black, and Surf today in Hamilton ON. Feel free to send some Common Eiders my way. 😊

  • @louisswaim7024
    @louisswaim7024 День назад +1

    Thank you for the great ID tips!

    • @Bob_Duchesne
      @Bob_Duchesne  День назад

      It's really just a compilation of all the mistakes I've made over the years. Nowadays, I have a better sense of what is going to fool me.

  • @brighteyedbirding
    @brighteyedbirding День назад +1

    Great work Bob! Waiting on the Bob Duchesne gull ID guide now 😉

  • @BarelyBirding
    @BarelyBirding День назад

    Thanks for the awesome video mate! I’ll be sure to use your techniques in the future

  • @tabithan2978
    @tabithan2978 День назад +1

    Thanks, very helpful!!!

  • @CC-re1pu
    @CC-re1pu День назад

    Thank you for yet another great and educational video! BTW, love your hat!

    • @Bob_Duchesne
      @Bob_Duchesne  День назад

      About the hat...
      It was a 30 mph wind and 20 degrees. The hat was self defense.

  • @HumblingBored
    @HumblingBored День назад +1

    I like the humor! 🤣

  • @libertymedicalcommunicatio4908
    @libertymedicalcommunicatio4908 День назад +5

    Picking out one king eider in a raft of 2000 commons is no mean feat!

    • @Bob_Duchesne
      @Bob_Duchesne  День назад +2

      LOL. That's exactly how I got my first...30 years ago in Bar Harbor. I remember it like it was yesterday.

    • @graysonwilliams4826
      @graysonwilliams4826 День назад

      @@Bob_Duchesne Do you waterfowl hunt, Bob?

    • @Bob_Duchesne
      @Bob_Duchesne  День назад

      @@graysonwilliams4826 Nope.

  • @ShaynaCossetteBirding
    @ShaynaCossetteBirding 22 часа назад

    Another incredible educational video Bob! I'm keeping my eye out for the last scoter I need, the black scoter, but SK isn't the most ideal spot to find them

  • @grantseltzerrichman2051
    @grantseltzerrichman2051 День назад +1

    Can you make a video about spotting scopes?

  • @TomReichner
    @TomReichner День назад

    At 4:44, about male Common Eiders ...... I have seen many in eclipse plumage at the Barnegat Jetty in New Jersey. In fact, only one out of 38 drakes was even beginning to approach the breeding plumage. I may even have a photo or two to illustrate this (although I didn't take many photos at all because I don't find them attractive or interesting in the bland eclipse plumage).

  • @jaurijantzi424
    @jaurijantzi424 День назад +1

    For male buffleheads, when you get the light just right, I’ve seen more than green, like a rainbow of colors

    • @chiprucker5735
      @chiprucker5735 День назад

      Absolutely! purple, violet, yellow, green..... They are a stunning duck indeed.

  • @brianSalem541
    @brianSalem541 День назад +1

    My rule is, if I see a duck on the sea, it must be a sea duck. A duck on land must be a Mallard. It keeps things simple. 😅

    • @Bob_Duchesne
      @Bob_Duchesne  День назад

      That works. Right most of the time.

    • @HarryMalyon-z5f
      @HarryMalyon-z5f День назад

      Am smiling (in agreement) at that 'most of the time' after a local patch visit to the Solway firth (Scotland/England west coast border) last week where shovelers pintail mallard and wigeon were on the salt water (estuary) and it was only the teal sticking to the freshwater flashes. Only sea duck were shelduck. Great video series Bob - we don't get the numbers of sea ducks here and its good to see rare birds for the UK in numbers on their proper range.

    • @Bob_Duchesne
      @Bob_Duchesne  День назад

      Scotland is on top of my list of places I most want to visit. Maybe next year.

    • @HarryMalyon-z5f
      @HarryMalyon-z5f 6 часов назад

      @@Bob_Duchesne Look forward to video - you'd feel at home! Mull eagles Orkney wader & redthroats nesting Aviemore capercaillie and black grouse, crested tits and Scottish crossbills. You'd need your wife for the place names!