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2010/11/05 13:09:51 (permalink)

Can you ID?

Hey waterfowlers....thought I'd ask someone more knowledgeable than myself...
I've seen this flock of birds all this week at a local lake...
Not sure what they are. I've looked at a couple waterfowl ID websites, but not exactly sure.
If it's any help, they dive & eat fish.
Any ideas?









And before someone jumps the gun, NO, I'm not hunting them...
just enjoy bird watching.
post edited by Pork - 2010/11/05 13:10:49

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    TJR178
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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/05 13:56:27 (permalink)
    Hmmm, I don't have the slightest idea.  I should but I don't.  I couldn't find anything on www.ducks.org/waterfowl-id either.  Anyone else have an idea?
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    woodnickle
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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/05 14:10:52 (permalink)
    Coots. Not good to eat.

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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/05 14:29:02 (permalink)
    That's them,


    the chicks look neat...


    thanks John...ya crazy coot.




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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/05 14:41:14 (permalink)
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    That's them,
    the chicks look neat...


    thanks John...ya crazy coot.







    Them are Still chicks. I've seen Yinzer brats wearing scarves just like that outside Heinz Field...

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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/06 09:25:33 (permalink)
    Bings will be tying a fly that looks like that....WF
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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/06 13:16:20 (permalink)
    I actually ate one of them years ago when I still hunted duck. To me it tasted about the same as a duck does. Not bad.
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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/07 09:27:05 (permalink)
    Coots ( mud hens)
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    ready2fish
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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/07 19:49:05 (permalink)
    Them friggin things got me peppered with shot more than any other duck, grrrrrr.!
     
    When I used to hunt Geneva, guys would unload on them skittering across the water.

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    rapala11
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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/07 21:46:17 (permalink)
    water chickens. they taste like chic, er, dux. bread them with mud before baking. as dave said, some do eat them, especially in new england where they use them in a stew. myself, i would think they taste like a merganser.

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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/16 09:56:15 (permalink)
    imma guess that was at wilhelm just up the road from the dam lol
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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/16 10:19:01 (permalink)
    use to have a buddy that swore by a coot stew recipe his wife used to make.
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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/19 10:29:24 (permalink)
    you know they are nasty when the dog won't even retrieve them.  both mine and my buddies dogs won't retrieve them until we yell at them enough and they just want us to shut up.  mine has never had a problem retrieving anything until the coot.

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    RE: Can you ID? 2010/11/28 17:58:59 (permalink)
    rapala11, ive eatin mergansers b4... theyre not that bad like anything else its all in how u cook them. dont get me wrong theyre no woody or mallard but definately not bad. & if these were the ones at lake wilhem then there are 6 less of them...
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