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09-07-2011, 07:55 PM
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| | | Put em in the blender..
Out at aldenham park the other day had a nice little walk ,( just before it peed down with rain) and came acroos this little fella.... 
my thoughts were a mandarin /mallard cross....purely because of the 'whiskers' on it...
any ideas please.... 
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09-07-2011, 07:58 PM
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| | | Re: Put em in the blender..
Not sure about a cross, I just thought Female Mandarin, not sure if you can get MandarinxMallard 
(Also, could possibly be a Male in Eclipsed Plumage  )
Last edited by Synn; 09-07-2011 at 08:00 PM.
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09-07-2011, 08:03 PM
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| | | Re: Put em in the blender..
Do you know what Synn , i havent a picture of a female , so i went and did an online search and came up with the same therory...
strange thing was it was in amongst a load of mallards , (hence the first suggestion as i have not seen one before) when i went to get a closer look the mallards jumped into the water and this little one said put.?
thanks anyway
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09-07-2011, 08:34 PM
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| | | Re: Put em in the blender..
It's a male Mandarin that is in eclipse. You can just see a couple of male orange feathers on the cheek, which are the last of the winter/spring plumage. And the wing is also in heavy moult, telling us it's in eclipse and not a juvenile. |
09-07-2011, 08:57 PM
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Brill nice one RKB....another one for my list..
Just one more question.. Are they loners... as like i sadi i didnt see any others? 
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