[HOLLYWOOD]

comparison to a hen

black duck? mallard? gadwall? widgion? coot hybrid?

 

[IAtaxidermist]

Was thinking just young drake but spotted brown on wing mallard/gadwall? If you could pull out wing and take photo it would tell more of the story. Generally a black duck won't have gray wings though like a drake mallard does.

 

[IAtaxidermist]

Your hen even looks a little messed up. Were they a pair?

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

some say hybrid some say farm duck, some say young drake mallard.

the wings say mallard but it looks like a black

 

[IAtaxidermist]

I say drake mallard now. Wings,bill, and dark spot by ass.

 

[IAtaxidermist]

http://www.google.com/search?q=blac...bm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=SHXSTsT5Cua02gX75pSVDw&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=768&bih=946

Might have a little black in him.

 

[Last Honk]

I'm thinking mallard+black cross.

 

[ringbill]

Baby Mallard drake. Shot 2 really young ones last week that were very similar.

 

[Iowa_Ducks]

I agree young drake mallard.

 

[giveeem3]

All I would say is that its definitely not a black duck mallard cross
I shot a black /Drake mallard cross Thursday and it looks Nothing like that.

 

[TheDuckSlayer]

Baby Mallard drake. Shot 2 really young ones last week that were very similar.

We shot 1 like that on Friday.. called it a hen mallard

 

[Snows&Mallards]

This is a immature drake mallard. This was shot today. Pin feathers gallore! I think the duck in question is mallard/black duck hybrid. Way too dark to be a immature drake.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

All I would say is that its definitely not a black duck mallard cross
I shot a black /Drake mallard cross Thursday and it looks Nothing like that.

pictures?

 

[Chopper]

I was with Doug, looks to have gadwall in it in the first pic, but with that wing speculum it looks to be have some black in the woodpile somewhere. Not everything is going to be a first cross, it could be a second time around or more. I thought the hen looked a little different as well, but it could be that she is laying next to your hybrid coot. lol

 

[Oscar]

Mallard/Gadwall

 

[deanlange]

Mottled Duck

 

[ringbill]

There is 2 things that would not make me identify it as a black duck.

1 is the drab olive bill indicating that if it were a black duck it would be a hen, and 2 is the gray wings of a drake mallard.

There is a dark bar on the front of the face right around the bill that young drake mallards have right before their heads turn green that hens do not have. There is plenty of white on both sides of the speculum.

If there were any black duck in that ducks family tree, it would seem to be atleast its grand parents.

I would point more towards a he/she than a black duck cross. I would expect some consistancy to both a black duck and a mallard if it were a direct cross. But almost every caracteristic it has is one that a drake mallard has in some point in its life. Just my 2 cents though. I would take the picture to a biologist and see what they think.

 

[ringbill]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpmatth/700458729/

This is a very similar Mallard, just a couple weeks ahead in plumage.

 

[SBEII=1POS]

I say young drake mallard.