Female mallard with a color variation
May 8, 2015 13:16:27 #
She is paired with a normal drake mallard but her coloration is much lighter than a normal hen. Her bill is not orange with black blotches but a slate gray. The blue-green wing patches are brown to tan. The over all body color is much lighter. Leucism maybe? Hybridization between two types of waterfowl? I am open to other explanations.
May 8, 2015 16:33:46 #
Can't help you with duck IDs, John. I hardly know a Mallard from a Wood Duck. lol These are fantastic shots though, and I'd like to find out the mystery. She's a beauty.
RedArrow wrote:
She is paired with a normal drake mallard but her coloration is much lighter than a normal hen. Her bill is not orange with black blotches but a slate gray. The blue-green wing patches are brown to tan. The over all body color is much lighter. Leucism maybe? Hybridization between two types of waterfowl? I am open to other explanations.
May 8, 2015 16:35:25 #
Great shots John... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
The colouring is the same over here, can I post a pic here to show you...?
Ron.
The colouring is the same over here, can I post a pic here to show you...?
Ron.
May 8, 2015 16:38:36 #
Thanks Donna, I have being watching two pair of local mallards and this one female is very light in color.
Dixiegirl wrote:
Can't help you with duck IDs, John. I hardly know a Mallard from a Wood Duck. lol These are fantastic shots though, and I'd like to find out the mystery. She's a beauty.
May 8, 2015 16:39:49 #
Thanks Ron, Sure post.
SX2002 wrote:
Great shots John... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
The colouring is the same over here, can I post a pic here to show you...?
Ron.
The colouring is the same over here, can I post a pic here to show you...?
Ron.
May 8, 2015 16:42:17 #
RedArrow wrote:
Thanks Ron, Sure post.
Thanks John..
Taken at Wynn Vale Dam here in Adelaide...I've never been sure myself just what this species is...?
May 8, 2015 17:13:17 #
Thanks Rod, There are several Mallard like ducks here and in Europe. The picture you have posted I do not believe it is a Mallard. Maybe a Mottled Duck which is Mallard like and male and female look alike with only having a bill coloration difference. In mallards the hen and drake look nothing alike except the wing patches. My hen is paired with a green head mallard and the saying birds of a feather flock together. It is a good chance she is a mallard with Leucism or a mallard hybrid. Pintails and Mallards mix it up at times and female Pintail lacks color and has a dark bill like my hen.
SX2002 wrote:
Thanks John..
Taken at Wynn Vale Dam here in Adelaide...I've never been sure myself just what this species is...?
Taken at Wynn Vale Dam here in Adelaide...I've never been sure myself just what this species is...?
May 8, 2015 19:06:44 #
May 8, 2015 21:39:07 #
I don't know ether, but that is some great in flight shots!!!! :thumbup:
May 8, 2015 22:30:07 #
May 8, 2015 22:30:53 #
Thanks for looking and the comment Johnny.
HOT Texas wrote:
I don't know ether, but that is some great in flight shots!!!! :thumbup:
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May 11, 2015 10:54:55 #
Thanks Sue and a late Happy Mothers Day.
sailorsmom wrote:
I can't help you on the ID, John, but you sure got some good shots!
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