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The Rarest of the rare
« on: December 16, 2010, 11:34:17 PM »
I was walking through riverfront park in spokane today looking at the ducks when i noticed an all white duck. opon further investigation i relized it was an albino wood duck i was in awe an old man wearing a camo jacket noticed me takeing pictures with my phone and came up and talked to me he said it just showed up the other day he told me in all his years of duck hunting he had never seen one


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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 11:47:35 PM »
That is great would be nice to see better picture's not that your's are bad.

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2010, 11:51:16 PM »
yeah i know but all i had with me was my cell
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2010, 11:54:02 PM »
THey are pretty common actually in the exotic/birding circles.   Woodducks are much like the ringneck in that breeders have done lots of extensive breeding to come up with different "color" versions.   I'd suppose that someones birds escaped with this last big wet snow we had.   Birdguy may have some.  He deals with more waterfowl I believe.  I'll see if I can come up with some pics for you.
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2010, 12:00:11 AM »
I've never seen any before. Cool pics.
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2010, 12:00:30 AM »
WOW! way cool! thanks for sharing the pics!
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2010, 12:34:51 AM »
Unfortunately I am stuck here at work so can't get at pics.   THe three most common color phases or better yet mutations are Apricot, White and Silver.   Silver is the most recent to hit the market that I know of.

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2010, 01:06:00 AM »
Would you shoot one if it flew into your setup?
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2010, 01:34:05 AM »
Most likely

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2010, 04:56:57 AM »
I would for sure  :P
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2010, 06:51:03 AM »
didn't think birds could be albino but looked it up and ya they can, and its even rarer then a albino deer or something.very cool pictures, we kill a couple geese a year that have some problems like that. But just more splochy
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2010, 08:11:08 AM »
if it wasn't for the legs underwater I'd say it is so white that it looks like a white photoshop. Wierd how it contrast with the surrounding water & mallards.
Cool pic though.

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2010, 08:17:45 AM »
I would shoot it and get it mounted.

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2010, 08:17:50 AM »
LOL  IT LOOKS PHOTOSHOPPED TO ME TOO.  WHITED OUT,  BUT  IF I LOOK CLOSER IT DOESN'T...   THATS AWESOME

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2010, 09:31:54 AM »
Cool pics

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2010, 12:09:38 PM »
Very cool bird to see. Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2010, 12:11:33 PM »
Very nice! That should make the repainting of my deeks real easy  :chuckle:
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2010, 12:29:39 PM »
I was at the River Park Spokane last week and saw a Canadian with a huge Red Head with a bulge on it leading a flight up river. It was half domesticated. We shot a half breed up in Fall City this year- I've seen ducks in tri-cities that are half white but, they are just half breeds from people releasing their pets into the parks. I'd guess that is a cross domesticated call duck of some sort rather than an albino. Just my opinion. Still looks cool with the mallards.
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2010, 12:38:47 PM »
Did he add white poop to the thousands of piles on the stairs?  :chuckle:  My kids love that place.
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2010, 09:24:59 PM »
There are lots of white/albino wood ducks in captivity. As Bone mentioned I too would bet this as an escape captive bird, another reason for it to be hanging out with the mallards. They are pretty cool looking but a silver wood duck is where it is at for me. I have only had one type of duck myself but toured aviaries and seen a lot. I looked into silvers a few years back and they were about $300 for a male if you could find one, and it usually meant you were on a waiting list. I could have purchased a pair of whites for about $125. Cool picture and they really are pretty cool birds.

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2010, 10:15:09 PM »
That is a cool picture.  I am going to be in Spokane on Sunday and I'll take my camera and walk along the park to see if I can find it.  I would love to mount one of them, and keep em under glass to drool over.  Tahnsk for sharing the pictures.

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2010, 10:15:57 PM »
he was by the carosel
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2010, 10:26:28 PM »
Great thanks for the info.  Hoepfully he will still be there.  John

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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2010, 10:27:57 PM »
he should be. the old timer i talked to said he had been there a couple days
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2010, 10:53:09 PM »
Nice duck... thanks for sharing pix of it.
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2010, 12:51:45 AM »
is that a mallard/pinny cross in that first pic too? looks like it to me.
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2010, 09:31:35 AM »
is that a mallard/pinny cross in that first pic too? looks like it to me.
i dont think so but there was a canadian with yellow feet and a differnt colored breast that wouldnt let me get close enough to take a pic
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Re: The Rarest of the rare
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2010, 09:50:12 AM »
cool looking bird

 


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