| |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| The Scuppers This is a new forum for the not necessarily fishing related topics... |
 |
05-02-2005, 02:53 PM
|
#1
|
|
D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 3,296
|
I scoured the internet, and I think the bird(s) I saw friday and today was a Black Brant...
|
i bent my wookie
|
|
|
|
05-02-2005, 03:53 PM
|
#2
|
|
gotta stop eating bait
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Nahant
Posts: 39
|
merganser perhaps
Last edited by seadogface; 05-02-2005 at 03:55 PM..
Reason: add image
|
seadogface with breath to match
|
|
|
|
|
05-02-2005, 06:22 PM
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,316
|
There's a few flocks of those in Narragansett Bay as well. It's kind of odd, I don't usually see any birds like that at this point in the season. Usually they've left the area by now.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05-02-2005, 06:49 PM
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,709
|
scoters probably but maybe oldsquaws if they really looked like ducks. lots of loons around to right now too.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05-02-2005, 06:56 PM
|
#5
|
|
Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: not a clue
Posts: 4,860
|
those 3 ducks in that pic above look to 2 male eider's and 1 female....the other's could b coot's...these birds are hanging around longer cause no one is shooting at them..plus the weather really turned warm enough for them to leave.
|
BOAT fish do count.
|
|
|
|
|
05-02-2005, 08:10 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
|
Mergansers are the ones with the Elvis hairdo, eh Ducktails. Coots are the black/ white splotchy like Tonto's horse birds. You do see a lot of Brants this time of year. The migrating birds are an indicator of what's going on below the surface. This year make it a point to learn what happens when what bird shows.  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
05-02-2005, 08:31 PM
|
#7
|
|
Reagan Republican
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 235
|
If they were all black they were probably Scoters, especially if they were floating around in a big flock. The Brants have gone North and they are usually seen closer to shore. I don't think coots hang out in salt water, brackish maybe, but not salt. Scoters are plankton feeders, not big fish indicators.
Last edited by Navy Chief; 05-02-2005 at 08:37 PM..
|
"I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink." - ADM William "Bull" Halsey
|
|
|
|
|
05-02-2005, 09:52 PM
|
#8
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Storrs
Posts: 73
|
Navy Chief, that looks pretty close to what I saw. They were too far out for me to see in much detail, but they looked like they had more of a duck profile than a loon/cormorant. They were in really big groups. First I thought they were gulls after a bluefish blitz, just sitting there picking up the pieces, then I remembered its just April, or now May.... oh well. Thanks for all the help.
"Lou"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:21 PM.
|
| |
Hybrid Mode