Is this an American Black? It looked like Mottled, but i think range is off. How do you tell the difference?
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 12:32 AM
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Is this an American Black? It looked like Mottled, but i think range is off. How do you tell the difference?
jggi 005 by Coastie32, on Flickr
Is this an American Black? It looked like Mottled, but i think range is off. How do you tell the difference?
jggi 005 by Coastie32, on Flickr
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 12:42 AM
looks like a American Black duck to me!
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 02:34 AM
When was this photo taken? I may be being stupid (quite possible) but don't the white outer tail feathers and the buffy breast feathers make this an eclipse male Mallard? I don't see much about this duck besides bill coloration that points to American Black Duck, and bill color would be fine for an eclipse male Mallard.
Edit: Maybe hybrid, actually? Surely not pure A. Black Duck, with that tail, though?
Edit: Maybe hybrid, actually? Surely not pure A. Black Duck, with that tail, though?
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 01:26 PM
I'm not seeing a Black Duck either...When was this photo taken? I may be being stupid (quite possible) but don't the white outer tail feathers and the buffy breast feathers make this an eclipse male Mallard? I don't see much about this duck besides bill coloration that points to American Black Duck, and bill color would be fine for an eclipse male Mallard.
Edit: Maybe hybrid, actually? Surely not pure A. Black Duck, with that tail, though?
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 10:48 PM
Just remembered that at certain angles, I caught a greenish sheen on back of head.
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 10:51 PM
Oh yeh, and the photo was taken on Apr 26th or 27th
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