Spent Fri/Sat in Hyde County doing impoundment work. No ducks to speak of yet. Saw the first of the Swan arriving. Plenty of geese-----but I have zero idea if they were migrators or residents.
On the top photo: I need some ID help on the birds on the left. They stayed away from the mergs and buffs. Looks like they could be ruddy duck, but I did not see the white marks on their fat cheeks.
Near the end of the day 6 scaup appeared......they actually looked big compared to these guys