Bird ID

[capesams]

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.

[Backbeach Jake]

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.

[Navy Chief]

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.

["Lou"]

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"