Dear Duckhead,
In answer to your somewhat challenging quiz here is
my desperate attempt at answering same:
- I assume is a
juvenile (or at least youngish) Hardhead – if not it is at least
some sort of Aythya.
- The closest picture
in any of my books is the Hooded Merganser, found in North
America.
- A probable female or
juvenile Blue-billed Duck.
- Red-breasted
Merganser, male, a species of the Northern Hemisphere
- A Grey teal, but
knowing you it is probably some obscure beast from southern Tierra del Fuego or some such remote locality.
- The presumed extinct
Pink-headed Duck of India
and places east.
- A female
Australasian Shoveler.
- A male Mallard.
Do I keep my museum collectors licence or have I
cooked my goose?
Mark
