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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: Mfowl on December 03, 2022, 09:28:17 PM

Title: What duck is this?
Post by: Mfowl on December 03, 2022, 09:28:17 PM: A buddy shot this today, only bird. I was not there. Someone told him it was a lucystic mallard. But I don't know, it looks more like a hybrid to me, pintail/mallard or mallard/gadwall :dunno: North Sound, what do you think?
Title: Re: What duck is this?
Post by: Mfowl on December 03, 2022, 09:28:50 PM: One more
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Post by: cem3434 on December 03, 2022, 09:41:41 PM: Looks like a leucistic mallard hen to me. :dunno: Unique and cool bird none the less.
Title: Re: What duck is this?
Post by: fowl smacker on December 03, 2022, 10:14:29 PM: Quote from: cem3434 on December 03, 2022, 09:41:41 PM
Looks like a leucistic mallard hen to me. :dunno: Unique and cool bird none the less.
:yeah:
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Post by: C-Money on December 04, 2022, 05:52:45 AM: Beautiful bird!!
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Post by: Rob on December 04, 2022, 10:49:48 AM: Looks like it was crossed with a pheasant!
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Post by: metlhead on December 04, 2022, 01:58:27 PM: Brown meat duck. I've noticed a lot of variation in the hen mallards this season on the coast. Shade, size, bill pattern, and speculum. Had one in the early season with one blue leg.
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Post by: BLH69 on December 04, 2022, 06:38:39 PM: just somebodys pet duck.
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Post by: Grousehunter19 on December 04, 2022, 06:59:23 PM: Quote from: BLH69 on December 04, 2022, 06:38:39 PM
just somebodys pet duck.

It does look like a Welsh Harlequin.
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Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on December 09, 2022, 10:35:44 AM: Beautiful birds in flight. :tup:
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Post by: LDennis24 on December 09, 2022, 12:28:54 PM: Not a leucistic mallard IMO. It's a Welsh Harlequin crossed with a wild Mallard most likely. Looks just like the ones I have in my back yard penned up for the winter. When they cross with a regular Mallard their beak gets that mottled black coloration. Otherwise Welsh Harlequin hens have a dark green bill. The drake's look very similar to mallards with a lighter body too, depending on the time of year it is.