I.d. For duck please.

[Jackaroo]

O.K. I give up, am useless at ducks! Is this a female Eider ?

Thanks,Jackaroo.

[diggleken]

No, the beak and feathering is wrong. Try juvenile Mallard.
Cheers
Ken

[captaincarot]

Originally Posted by diggleken

No, the beak and feathering is wrong. Try juvenile Mallard.
Cheers
Ken

agree though possibly mucky duck

[John B (NTS)]

Not really. Eiders have a bill that seems to be a seamless extension of their heads. I'd say you have a female Shoveler there.

[John B (NTS)]

Ok- there might be some hybridisation going on there but it's a hell of a hooter for a Mallard particularly with the angle producing some foreshortening.

[Jackaroo]

Originally Posted by John B (NTS)

Ok- there might be some hybridisation going on there but it's a hell of a hooter for a Mallard particularly with the angle producing some foreshortening.

I thought the ahem,'hooter' was a little pronounced far a mallard myself and isn't the head a wee bit too flat?

[Jackaroo]

Originally Posted by captaincarot

agree though possibly mucky duck

This reference to an Irish themed pub in Houston went straight over my head! Is there some connection to the duck that I'm not privy to? Or was it a personal slight? Speak up sir!

[captaincarot]

Originally Posted by Jackaroo

This reference to an Irish themed pub in Houston went straight over my head! Is there some connection to the duck that I'm not privy to? Or was it a personal slight? Speak up sir!

mucky duck = mallard hybrid of indeterminate origin

[Jackaroo]

Thanks for that,every day's a school day! Jeez ducks are a bitch, for me at least.
Thanks all, I think I'll just call it Daffy,sod it!

G'night, Jackaroo.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by captaincarot

mucky duck = mallard hybrid of indeterminate origin

Thought it was a manky mallard..never heard the term mucky duck only in Derby if you were dirty..

That beak looks like it stuck on..