Date: 2/26/26 10:27 am From: zach schwartz-weinstein via groups.io <zachsw...> Subject: Re: [hmbirds] Help Identify
Hi Jeff, most of these look good for American Black Duck. The paler bird
is a Mallard.
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 1:23 PM Jeffrey Schoonmaker via groups.io
<j.schoonmaker...> wrote:
> Hello all -
>
> This morning, I took this photo of 7 ducks on the Mohawk River, fairly far
> east of the Cohoes Falls, seen from the small park behind the warehouse
> apartments to the right of the falls viewing area. Might the 6 dark birds
> be Black Scoters or American Black Ducks or something else? The 7th bird
> is much lighter with its back to us. The face pattern of the upper
> right-most duck matches a female Black Scoter pretty well, but book
> drawings (Peterson) don't show the white patches on the backs of the 6 dark
> ducks. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Jeff Schoonmaker
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