Hi Brian, Sounds like you had a great trip there. Glad to hear that you're thinking about records for the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas 2. It's interesting to see how early the Eastern Phoebes show up in the southern edge of the state -- you had a lot of…
I'm a really big fan of Bufflehead, probably my favorite duck in Ohio. King Eider and Black Scoter are high up there too. If we go international, Torrent Duck might be the best duck in the world.
Hi all,
New to OYBC forum. Nikon is going to be one of the sponsors of OYBC and hopefully I'll get to meet some of you.
Waterfowl are kind of like warblers; the one you are looking at is always the most attractive. I've always been a huge Hooded M…
Thanks very much for the great suggestions and ideas! These are some good species to focus on at the beginning and end of the program, so people won't come away discouraged by the ducks that are plainer-looking or hard to identify. Plus, these will…
I agree with Greg too! Although, I like ducks because most of the time they're easier to spot than warblers.
John Sawvel said:It's tough to pick a favorite duck. The Wood Duck looks too extravagant to exist around here in good numbers. Greg Links p…
It's tough to pick a favorite duck. The Wood Duck looks too extravagant to exist around here in good numbers. Greg Links posted a year or two ago that he thought ducks were nicer to look at than warblers. That's saying something. If we could get as…
Hello OYBC people,
In about three weeks I have to do a workshop on field identification of ducks. Part of this will be just talking about the ones that are hard to identify, like telling Greater Scaup and Lesser Scaup apart. But to make it more plea…