Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Ducks with 'Puffs'

Part of the mystery is solved.  While at our Birding and Bonding party Patrick reminded me that we saw similar Ducks at their wedding reception.  So I searched through all my pictures from their wedding because I know I took pictures of those cute little ducks.  And sure enough, I had pictures of 'Ducks with Puffs'.

Although we now know that we've seen similar Ducks before, we still do not know what kind of ducks they are.  So we are still leaving it out there for our friends to see if anyone knows what type of ducks these guys are.  We will keep you posted.

Well our fellow birder and research guru Tom found the name of these ducks, they are Crested ducks.  There is a website Tom found:http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/Crest/BRKCrestedDucks.html

So thanks to Tom for finding this so quickly.
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4 comments:

  1. tomJune 7, 2010 at 6:10 PM

    they are Crested Ducks!! Go to www.fearthersite.com/poultry/ducks/crest/BRKCrestedDucks...

    Male weighs about 7lbs female 6...Colors.. blk,white,buff,blue....Crests s/b large and sit symetricalyy on center of the head!!

    just call me anytime for opther facts about Quacks.. as they say once a Quake.....

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  2. sandyhamJune 7, 2010 at 7:29 PM

    Props to OC! Looks like you nailed it! Thanks.

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  3. AnonymousJune 8, 2010 at 4:46 PM

    hi san; i went on your blog and saw the photo of the ducks, i did some research and saw they are crested ducks, from the mallard family, google it, and you will see photos of the ones you have on the website.... they are very interesting looking....looks like they can be a "jersey girl" snooki lookalike...lol...

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  4. RavenJune 9, 2010 at 7:39 PM

    Happy the mystery is solved. Thanks Old Crow for flying in the right direction!

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