american wigeon and a few others

[the_count]

just a few shots of the ducks from the last month seen on the wick river



http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll318/countlicker/birds/goldeneye.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll318/countlicker/birds/P1030231.jpg

[the_count]

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll318/countlicker/birds/teal.jpg

and the g/f insisted i put this one in ... she had the camera at the time lol
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll318/countlicker/birds/rockpipit.jpg

[Kenn]

Great picture of the Golden Eye, I managed a couple of pictures also at Wick but my hands were nearly frozen to the camera!

[the_count]

i know what ya mean Lizzie my hands where frozen today with the wind blowing in from the sea. The walls of the quarry just before the last house is a perfect vantage point for the fulmars there but the windchill must have been ten below zero lol.:Razz

[the_count]

Almost forgot lol sorry its such lousy quality but thats all i had to work with photographically so to speak. The only descent shot i got of that white wagtail?

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll318/countlicker/birds/P1030759.jpg

[Kenn]

Think that's a Grey Wagtail.did it have a yellow breast?

[the_count]

Noo lol it was an all plack white and grey bird but i can see where you are coming from it looked like a very light pied wagtail with a grey back, the nearest i can put it too is the white wagtail although that picture doesn't do it justice.

[Kenn]

In winter The Pied Wagtail ,male, has a white chest and white face with a narrow collar or grey/black and a greyish back it can be quite striking.

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/PiedWagtail.jpg

This is about the best picture I could come up with, there is a sub species that the Americans refer to as The White Wagtail but from what I gather that is migratory and would not be present at this time of year.