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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: denis on January 24, 2010, 01:36:53 PM

Title: mallard hybrid?
Post by: denis on January 24, 2010, 01:36:53 PM

there were 2 of these at port credit yesterday.beautiful ducks,and quite bigger than a common mallard.
denis
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4301194420_6a5b3b2aef_o.jpg)

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Post by: ravynne40 on January 24, 2010, 01:42:59 PM

Looks like one of the ducks I have seen at High Park, they were hybrids mallard/muscovy
i was told they can't fly either

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on January 24, 2010, 04:39:07 PM

Hi Denis,

This is called a "Bibbed" Mallard, it's a very common hybrid duck.  Nice photo.

Walter  :)

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Post by: denis on January 24, 2010, 04:46:15 PM

thanks for the help. it sure is a pretty duck.
denis

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Post by: Mark D on January 24, 2010, 10:43:28 PM

There is one of those that has been kicking around Uxbridge for a few years.  THey sure are neat looking.

Mark

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Post by: denis on January 25, 2010, 09:36:32 AM

hi mark
bass pond,or mill pond? i go there often,and walk the trails behind walmart.lots of turkeys in your area.
denis

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Post by: Mark D on January 25, 2010, 04:19:58 PM

It moves all over.  I've seen it often on Mill Pond and the pond by the hospital.  In the winter it stays in the different creeks, wherever there's open water.

Mark