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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Reuven_M on April 28, 2013, 01:55:06 PM

Title: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Reuven_M on April 28, 2013, 01:55:06 PM: Found this guy at Col. Sam's this moring, more info in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12193 (http://www.outdoorontario.net/birds/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12193)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8688924777_530e9f1ba7.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59434382@N05/8688924777/)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8689922604_962e754d35.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59434382@N05/8689922604/)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8258/8690044788_e7455b6070.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59434382@N05/8690044788/)
Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Brian Bailey on April 28, 2013, 09:20:47 PM: I saw it today as well. Looking back in my archives, I'm wondering if it's the same bird I saw there 3 years ago:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0V1UMC0Px5s/S8z_Wrg5c5I/AAAAAAAAA-M/8raH7XsqEs4/w792-h528/Hybrid+Mallard.jpg)
I don't know how long they live in the wild, but the markings are virtually identical. (This image is from April 2010. I only got some poor quality cellphone shots today.)

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Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Reuven_M on April 28, 2013, 09:34:10 PM: I put a bit more detailed info on my blog, but I'm convinced it's the same bird, as it was also seen in 2009, 2011 and 2012 plus now your sighting from 2010. I'm a bit surprised nobody seems to have made the connection until now. What date was your photo in 2010? A very similar bird was seen near Detroit April 5, 2010.
Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Brian Bailey on April 28, 2013, 10:32:38 PM: This photo was taken on April 19, 2010. Looking at other photos from that day, it was closely associating with a normal looking female Mallard.

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Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Brian Bailey on April 11, 2014, 10:12:55 PM: He's back! I was just sent some photos of what appears to be the same bird. The photos were taken today at the pond at Sam Smith Park.

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Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Bluffs Birder on April 12, 2014, 02:05:40 AM: He's been around for a couple of weeks now, below is a photo I took back in late February. Here's a couple of my photos of what appears to be the same bird.

2011/03/15 - The Pond, Colonel Sam Smith Park, Toronto (Etobicoke)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--J_WBTzywLU/TfOBgXxzoZI/AAAAAAAATAQ/qosoTNPU1K8/s800/0004.JPG)

2014/02/25 - Lake Ontario, Cliff Lumsden Park, Toronto (Etobicoke)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6IdyPzCzmRE/Uxq1zPljn0I/AAAAAAAAhmM/Z5ap0rjDuL0/s800/0078.JPG)

Walter :)
Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Henrique Pacheco on April 12, 2014, 04:38:49 AM: Isn't this a Mallard x Pintail? The back of the body has more of a pintail appearance and the bill is oddly colored.
Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Henrique Pacheco on April 12, 2014, 04:41:26 AM: Actually, I think you're right. I looked up pictures :D
Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Rotarran on April 12, 2014, 10:01:16 AM: I took this picture on April 30, 2013 at CSSP
(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y469/Rotarren/08477b0f-c0ef-475f-8ab3-5d690165ced9_zps00053a80.jpg)
Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: Brian Bailey on April 14, 2014, 10:52:09 PM: Quote from: "Henrique Pacheco"
Isn't this a Mallard x Pintail? The back of the body has more of a pintail appearance and the bill is oddly colored.
That was what I thought the first time I saw him. I was skeptical of the Mallard X Wigeon ID at first, but it appears to be a well documented plumage.

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Title: Re: Mallard x American Wigeon Hybrid
Post by: jameshelmer on April 15, 2014, 09:14:39 AM: I saw this bird last year while doing my 'big year', its an interesting hybrid and I never followed up on any further investigation to its origin, it's cool to see the documentation of photographs from years prior!