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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Anonymous on May 15, 2006, 05:19:50 PM

Title: help with ID...
Post by: Anonymous on May 15, 2006, 05:19:50 PM

Anyone know what type of bird this is? (it's probably easy. I'm not good with identifying anything but common birds lol)...I posted a pic on my blog:
http://sweetneoconned.blogspot.com/2006 ... html#links (http://sweetneoconned.blogspot.com/2006/05/birds-of-feather.html#links)

If you know, please leave a comment on my blog. I'd appreciate it :)
thanks!

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Post by: Kin Lau on May 15, 2006, 06:49:12 PM

Escapee domestic ducks.

Sounds/looks like the "Odd Couple" up in Markham's Too Good Pond. They must be doing okay, they've been there for at least 6mths now.

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Post by: Anonymous on May 15, 2006, 10:11:15 PM

Yeah. It was Too Good Pond! That makes sense that they're domestic ducks since they don't look like any around here :)
thanks!

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Post by: surfinbird on May 16, 2006, 12:50:43 PM

Is this the pond on Ravenshoe rd. I saw an odd couple there when i would go up north on weekends.
surfinbird

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Post by: Kin Lau on May 16, 2006, 03:55:16 PM

Not that far.

Too Good Pond is up in Markham near Hwy 7 and Kennedy Road. It's just north of the "Old Unionville" tourist area. Nice area for a walk, and the woods to the north can yield a few good birds. There was a successful Wood Duck nest 2 years ago and there's a Caspian Tern or two fishing from the pond every summer.

Title: Domestic escape
Post by: Anonymous on May 17, 2006, 07:35:47 AM

From the "knobbed bill" this one is a Muscovy or Muscovy/...X... cross.  The variation in Muscobies is quite wide and when the crossbreed - with white "China" ducks, mallards or something else there are weird and wonderful results.

My tuppence worth!  :wink:

Peter Monahan