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25-08-2008, 11:45 AM
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| | | Unidentified wildfowl
Can anyone put a name to this beauty? I'm pretty sure it's not a UK native... 
(Looks like he fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down!  )
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25-08-2008, 11:48 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified wildfowl
Hi Dave, if I search google for "ugly duck", this blighter's face pops up regularly - not found a name yet (but it ain't no swan!).
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25-08-2008, 11:52 AM
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I think it's a Muscovy.
"This breed is genetically different from the other domestic ducks, so much so that interbreeding creates infertile 'mules' which are commonly very attractive, and, if the right domestic duck is used, is a fantastic table bird." 
LMAO!
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25-08-2008, 11:57 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified wildfowl
Thanks, that's him alright. A native of Mexico, central and south America so he was a long way from home.
Dave P.
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25-08-2008, 12:02 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified wildfowl
I've read an article about this bird about a year or two ago, but I can't for the life of me remember what it's called. Love Dave's answer!
Welcome to WAB by the way  I'm enjoying your posts
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25-08-2008, 12:04 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified wildfowl
This is what you get when you eat Barbary duck in a restaurant..... 
Well in the restaurant I worked in it was.............
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25-08-2008, 12:15 PM
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Sorry Dave, misread this post and thought Hedge Witch had posted it! Still laughing about your comment
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25-08-2008, 12:30 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified wildfowl
Muscovy perhaps?
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25-08-2008, 01:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild-Woman  Muscovy perhaps? | These were my thoughts..saw a few down my local park over wk end, variation of plumage colour is always slightly different.
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25-08-2008, 01:18 PM
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Thanks all - muscovy it is!
Glad you enjoyed my comment on his looks Tracey. Can't remember where I first heard it but it always tickled me too.
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