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07-06-2006, 09:35 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jun 2006
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| | | Help! Another duck
Have just found this site and subscribed. It looks very useful and is certainly intersting - I'm still exploring.
Any help in identifying this duck would be appreciated. It seems to have adopted (or been adopted by) a family of mallard (mum, dad and a few youngsters).
It is considerably larger than the mallard and stands tall as in the attached picture - that's a half grown mallard chick in the picture. It is slim and has a flattish, wide-ish duck-like bill rather than the shorter goose-like bill. In the nape, there is a tuft of white feathers. There is a hint of orangey/rusty red in the head; the secondaries have a steel-blue colour; the legs have an orange/yellow tint.
Peter |
07-06-2006, 09:37 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London
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| | | Re: Help! Another duck
Welcome to WAB. It looks like some sort of domestic duck - maybe an Indian Runner |
08-06-2006, 10:53 AM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Help! Another duck
A warm welcome to WAB Peter, definitely looks likes there is some Indian Runner in it, could possibly be a hybrid, can't say as I'm no expert. There are many hybrid varieties of duck around.
Roger |
08-06-2006, 11:51 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Coventry
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| | | Re: Help! Another duck
Hi
Welcome to the WAB.
Agree with Trggrx and Peter
Looks like an Indian Runner Duck, sorry can't be more positive
Mick
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08-06-2006, 12:35 PM
|  | Frozen | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.E. Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Help! Another duck
Hello Peter, and a warm welcome to the site 
As said your duck is probably related to the indian runner. Most of the domestic ducks resemble mallard in some way. But this isn't supprising as 99% of all domestics are descended from the mallard! |
08-06-2006, 09:11 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jun 2006
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| | | Re: Help! Another duck
Many thanks to everyone for help on ID-ing this duck and also for your friendly welcome.
Peter | | |
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