nautifish Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) Yesterday morning early AM i did my drive down to timmies and then down to the peir to check out the water when i saw hundreds of these birds. Now i am guessing PORT DOVER must be on a migratory route because i have seen more different speices of birds this yr than i have over the last five yrs. Just a month ago we had whistler swans every where, even flying over my house. Usually you tend to see them more around the LPB long point bay erea. But for some reason we had alot of them around port dover on the lake this year. Which was great may i add. So does anyone know what these are and where they are heading for the summer? Edited April 16, 2007 by nautifish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 they look like some type of mergansers maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I really have no clue brandon. I know my birds of prey and the exotic species but when it comes to ducks and such i am not that good.. ....My 1st time ever seeing these type of birds. Beautiful too but they were in there hundreds. Constantly diving also........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) Red breasted merganser. Apparently they can do 100 mph in level flight. Edited April 16, 2007 by douG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsa Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 It does not matter what exact name they have, they are indeed Mergansers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherriff Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I was in Dover yesterday with the family for a drive. Stopped by the Arbour for a couple foot long dogs and then saw the same birds. I also wondered what they were... Sherriff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 100 % redbreasted merganser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 It does not matter what exact name they have, they are indeed Mergansers. Thanx alot guys......So are these birds heading north? As for the flying 100 mph i reckon they can swim that too....lol...These birds move fast allways moving They are not a easy bird to get a picture of thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I was in Dover yesterday with the family for a drive. Stopped by the Arbour for a couple foot long dogs and then saw the same birds. I also wondered what they were... Sherriff Footlongs? In dover we like to call them death missiles. lol Dover is coming back to life with visitors which is allways nice to see after winter time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoorguy61 Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Merganzer is what I am thinking too. outdoorguy61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Okay so i am guessing these are two different types of merganzers?. I could see the one breed there was male and female.....But the pics of the two at the very top were not the same as the others i have posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmaster Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Saw Bills .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Thats what they are for sure? I have looked and looked cannot seem to find any darn pics that resemble them.....Grrr!!! Never seen these birds here before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northhunter Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Red breasted merganser. That's all I can ID in the pics you posted. There's a couple gull-type birds in the 3rd pic. Not sure what those are. They pretty well live off fish. That's why they dive a lot in large flocks. They are definitely headed north, where to is hard to say. Their range goes coast to coast. Last fall's migration was a little weird for a lot of waterfowl. Different species were showing up where they normally don't go or aren't common. If that's carried over to the trip back north, could explain why you've never seen them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 A loon? I did not think they had the tufts clampet? But heck i dunno....lol... As for the gulls yes i noticed them too but was wondering if maybe it was some kind of accident GENE or something because they look like black headed gulls......Just never seen gulls with all the white speckles........Man we got to have someone in here that is huge on wild birds. .....lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Okay i cropped this picture again this time with just the gulls. Maybe this will be easier for someone to identify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorlifts Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 EHG should chime in here he is realy good with birds. I see stuff al the time when we are fishing. Birds I have never seen before in my life not even in books, and this guy raps em off the top of his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 We get many birds pass through here too....But these are a 1st for me. Never seen these ones in our neck of the woods before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFSC Kevin Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 i don't know anything about the birds but you love your new camera don't you~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 nod *yup* *yup* really fast...... JUST WAIT TILL I GET TO KNOW HOW EVERYTHING WORKS..... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 There are half a dozen species of hooded gulls but not many have black bills. I'd suggest that these would be Bonaparte's gulls. Red breasted mergansers would be my guess on the ducks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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