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28-09-2009, 06:07 PM
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| | | Not another Manky?
 
Taken recently in the park. Doesnt look like a 'proper' mallard, but none of the ones I see look like the ones in the Gallery. So what do you think it is? Nice duck tho...
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28-09-2009, 06:13 PM
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| | | Re: Not another Manky?
I wonder if it is a male mallard just getting its' new feathers after moulting. |
28-09-2009, 06:15 PM
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We see a lot of mallards like that round here. Could never explain it.  |
28-09-2009, 06:18 PM
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It had the most beautifully patterned feathers. Is this the time they moult?
Out of interest - what do you call that zizzy (interference )pattern? I've seen that on gadwall I think.
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29-09-2009, 06:48 AM
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| | | Re: Not another Manky?
Ducks are just finishing their moult.. at the end of summer the (males especially) loose their bright colours and look like the females, as we move towards winter the colours reappear.
Many of the mallards in town parks, especially those breeding there, will have some domestic duck genes in their ancestry, this one looks like a normal 'wild' mallard. |
29-09-2009, 10:18 AM
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I was attending a small livestock show earlier this month and was surprised at the amount of pedigree ducks there are that resemble "manky mallards"!  No doubt they all have their own breed standards but at first glance (to the untrained eye) some of them do look like crossbreeds 
It got me wondering whether we sometimes write off some ducks as "manky ones" when in fact they are somebody else's pride and joy 
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29-09-2009, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Dutchess  It got me wondering whether we sometimes write off some ducks as "manky ones" when in fact they are somebody else's pride and joy D. | If it ain't pure platyrhynchos it might as well be in the pot.  |
29-09-2009, 05:48 PM
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What about the ones that look like the ones in the photos all year round? |
29-09-2009, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman If it ain't pure platyrhynchos it might as well be in the pot. | Oh yes. The old "winners or dinners" syndrome, lol!
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29-09-2009, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Amoeba What about the ones that look like the ones in the photos all year round? | That's what I mean, Amoeba (see my post above, no.6 )
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