Anybody else bag one of these
while not a pretty duck if its rare.
I'm little disappointed i may have missed
out on a unique mount. The chili was
good though.
Black duck Mallard Hybrid Common?
finnfowler
Anybody else bag one of these
while not a pretty duck if its rare.
I'm little disappointed i may have missed
out on a unique mount. The chili was
good though.
1 - 20 of 28 Posts
Joined
·
19 Posts
Anybody else bag one of these
while not a pretty duck if its rare.
I'm little disappointed i may have missed
out on a unique mount. The chili was
good though.
Joined
·
19 Posts
Bacon I like yours there. Mine didn't have that mallard tail curl but good to know that there are a few more around than I thought. Still think I'd like to have one as a mount. Also seems the colorations can vary quite a bit. Thanks for the replies. Well all except bunker farts the retarded mallard[hihi].
Joined
·
2,484 Posts
Imposter...
Joined
·
952 Posts
Thanks man, yea with my bird it was a mallard with a mix of black duck, the bottom half of the head shows the black duck in it. Ive noticed pictures from other guys, it's the other way around, mostly black duck body with mallard mixed in
You'll get one again
You'll get one again
Joined
·
19 Posts
i wish id taken a couple more pics of it. It had that black duck plumage you see around the neck on its belly. the tail end had the white trim a mallard drake has initially thought it was a young drake but the size was much lager than the pair of mallards in the pic. until i picked it up i was almost sure id shot a mallard hen. While not a guarantee the fatty deposits were much more orange in color than that of the other two but that could be just a matter of diet. Cleaning other birds it seems that the black ducks fat and meat color is a bit different. Correct me if I am wrong.
Joined
·
6,299 Posts
Is there a white strip over the speculum?
I don't think so. But I will double check when I get home tonight. I will take a few more pics too to share. It's a nice mount.
Joined
·
19 Posts
I have seen that before on a couple black ducks Ive had but never thought it enough to consider it a hybrid. this one had a completely green cap above the eyes.
Joined
·
19 Posts
Another angle on it I am pretty confident it had the white bar over the speculum. But i guess now curious if I am miss I.D.ing it.
Pretty sure that is not the deciding factor to it being a hybrid. I have shot drakes with no green on the head with white speculum. So why couldn't it have green on the head and no white on the speculum?
Joined
·
28 Posts
Some things I've read from biologists says that any amount of white on the speculum of a black duck indicates a mallard hybrid, others say it may be a recessive gene to have a faint white line. General consensus says if the white is highly pronounced it's a hybrid
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk
Joined
·
1,304 Posts
Pretty sure thats a Eurasion wigeon. Pretty rare around these parts
1 - 20 of 28 Posts
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
