tags: Northern Pintail, Anas acuta, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Northern Pintail, Anas acuta, photographed in San Bernard Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 March 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Heh. Northern Pintails.
those are green-winged teals, the american varietal. i've taken numerous photos of this particular "aspect" in the past two weeks, trying to make something artistic.
to no avail. :)
i believe those are green-winged teals, the american varietal. i've taken numerous photos of this particular "aspect" in the past two weeks, trying to make something artistic.
to no avail. :)
Northern Pintail pair.
Northern Pintails, male (R) and female (L). Long thin tail feathers coming to a "pin" point, and buffy side rump patch on the male, with white line running down the side of tail. By the way, I love the Daily Mystery Bird feature. Thanks so much.
mallards
Pintails, because of their...well...pintails
Oft seen bobbing for the mage-ribbed slithe, these Venusian natives can live equally well in water on the oxygen rich Earth as on their rocky barren CO2 laden home planet.
The butts have it!!! I'm going with mallard - I've seen many examples of this "end" of mallards lately at parks and lakes in the area recently.
I love duck butts!
I think they're pintails rather than mallards because of their gray, rather than orange, legs.