Day 16.043: Distant birds

We saw some birds in the sea off the beach on Saturday, but they were quite distant. I've been able to identify them from the pictures although I wouldn't have done much better than "duck" at the time. The flying ones were misidentified as geese at the time - even though both of our first instincts were that they were ducks - overcompensation for last weekend at the marsh.

Group of black scoters (there was a larger group than this)

Group of three long-tailed ducks

A female scaup (probably greater scaup)

Two flying mallards (not geese)