Those Darn Euros!

[fowlweather]

I went to the local park today, there were two full plumage and three hybrid drakes. they were scared a little more than the resident mallards. i got some pics, i couldnt use the good camera due to rain:
Euro in flight
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372619.jpg
Americans Taking the wing
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372618.jpg
A cool shot
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372613.jpg

[fowlweather]

find the euros in the following photos: there are 2 in each
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372612.jpg
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372607.jpg
there is a hybrid in this photo, find it (its one of the 2)
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372610.jpg

[fowlweather]

Americans doin their thing
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372609.jpg
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372604.jpg
with a euro (damn rain)
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l626/fowlweather1/SL372605.jpg

[porcupine]

They are not hard to identify if you look closely. There are always at least 2 to 3 that stay in Beacon Hill Park in Victoria every winter. The females are very difficult to identify. I was walking my dogs in the park the other day and say a drake paired with a female and it was the first time that I was able to really see the difference between the females. If I was hunting and shot a female I doubt that I could properly identify her. Who knows, I may have already done that.

[fowlweather]

They are not hard to identify if you look closely. There are always at least 2 to 3 that stay in Beacon Hill Park in Victoria every winter. The females are very difficult to identify. I was walking my dogs in the park the other day and say a drake paired with a female and it was the first time that I was able to really see the difference between the females. If I was hunting and shot a female I doubt that I could properly identify her. Who knows, I may have already done that.

if you look on the underside of the wings, euros will have spots while americans have white.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/duckplum/colorpic/20a.jpg