Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Rotarran on January 21, 2013, 06:43:32 PM
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Stopped by Toogood pond in Markham today and saw a bunch of American Black Ducks (about 10 of them) and several Canada Geese. Among the ducks was also a Black Duck / Mallard hybrid.
When I first saw them I just wrote them off as female Mallards but something about them seemed different...darker and more grey on the side of their heads and the distinct blue accent. I know female mallards also have the blue accent sometimes (or always?) but I'm 99% sure they're ABD's. Well I took pics and will post in the photo-forum...you be the judge: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=11302 (http://outdoorontario.net/birds/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=11302)
Edit: just found out these guys are rather rare: around 400,000 in the wild. That's less than virtually every other species of North American duck out there. Maybe it's common in Ontario though.