help with ID...

[Anonymous]

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

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

[Kin Lau]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[surfinbird]

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

[Kin Lau]

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.

[Anonymous]

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