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23-04-2009, 04:59 PM
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| | | Exotic Mallard!
There's two of these on the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal - at the Wendover end. I think they're both males (from the 'towing hooks' on their rear), and they're always together. 
They're not easy to photograph as being irridescent, the colours constanty change according to the lighting.
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23-04-2009, 05:42 PM
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| | | Re: Exotic Mallard!
Weird looking Mallard, looks like it's spent too long at the nuclear plant 
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23-04-2009, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ron1863  Weird looking Mallard, looks like it's spent too long at the nuclear plant | A good description - I wish I'd though of it!
In the shade they look almost black.
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23-04-2009, 06:55 PM
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| | | Re: Exotic Mallard!
it's odd for a manky mallard, it has curled tail feathers - I thought they signifed an ability to breed, a feature lacking in mankies? Maybe I'm wrong somewhere... |
23-04-2009, 10:51 PM
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| | | Re: Exotic Mallard!
I think It's a type of domestic duck. Either a Cayuga or a Black East Indies. Not sure which though. |
23-04-2009, 10:57 PM
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| | | Re: Exotic Mallard!
Thanks 'goatboy'!
I've just had a google and it looks like they're Black East Indies: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/D...astIndies.html
They really are spectacular birds.
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24-04-2009, 04:30 AM
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| |  Re: Exotic Mallard!
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Originally Posted by Jason Green it's odd for a manky mallard, it has curled tail feathers - I thought they signifed an ability to breed, a feature lacking in mankies? Maybe I'm wrong somewhere... | All male Mallard- including domestic breeds such as this- have the curled feathers at the rear + these birds can breed. | | |
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