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Blue Winged Teal or Mallard?


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#1 jhauser42

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Posted 04 September 2012 - 03:23 AM

The single color of the beak leads me to teal, but I just do not know enough to know for sure.
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#2 fisherman1313

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Posted 04 September 2012 - 03:41 AM

Looks like a Mallard to me. It may have some domestic genes.

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#3 notactuallytom

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Posted 04 September 2012 - 03:53 AM

you can tell right away from the blue speculum that it is a mallard.
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Posted 04 September 2012 - 10:43 AM

Thanks guys. I really should just go with my first thought on these and not try to over-analyze them, but I will learn eventually.

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