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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: mr.sharp-photo on February 10, 2012, 10:08:35 PM

Title: Bibbed domestic mallard at Humber Bay East
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on February 10, 2012, 10:08:35 PM

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/6854539309_f70b7d8681_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsharp-photo/6854539309/)
hybrid duck (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsharp-photo/6854539309/) by mr.sharp-photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/mrsharp-photo/), on Flickr

*edited the title from "hybrid duck" to the correct ID*

Title: Re: Hybrid duck at Humber Bay East
Post by: Trillian Flummox on February 10, 2012, 10:44:12 PM

Glad you posted this - I was hoping for another close look. This is the hybrid I noticed swimming with the Northern Pintail and the Mallards. Does anyone else think this could be a Pintail/Mallard cross?

Title: Re: Hybrid duck at Humber Bay East
Post by: newfoundlander61 on February 10, 2012, 10:47:50 PM

I would say a  bibbed domestic Mallard.

Title: Re: Hybrid duck at Humber Bay East
Post by: jackbreakfast on February 10, 2012, 10:56:44 PM

I second Paul's diagnosis! I know this bird well. Perhaps not intimately, but quite well. He's a good guy and of course the pintail is a treat too...I'm glad you had so much fun with the waterfowl...good beans!

Title: Re: Hybrid duck at Humber Bay East
Post by: Trillian Flummox on February 11, 2012, 07:26:56 AM

Thanks for the insight! I had never heard of a "bibbed domestic", but now that I've googled it, I see lots of photos of very similar ducks.

Title: Re: Bibbed domestic mallard at Humber Bay East
Post by: Irene on February 12, 2012, 10:44:25 AM

Great shot, I love the bibbed ducks, they have a few beautiful ones over at Lambton Woods as well. and 2 over here at Marie Curtis Park. They are one of my favorites to photograph for their coloring.