Re: [cayugabirds-l] Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond

2010-02-08 Thread Paul Anderson
All: This is a picture of the duck that Dave mentioned that was around Stewart Park. This picture was from November 19th. http://picasaweb.google.com/fishoak/Birds#5405810352034722434 Enjoy! Paul Frritzie ( all), That sounds like a bird I've seen several times at Union

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond

2010-02-07 Thread Dave Nutter
Frritzie ( all), That sounds like a bird I've seen several times at Union Springs, Myers Point and Stewart Park. It looks to me like a leucistic female Mallard. I don't know whether it has some recent domestic heritage or is just a sport. I'm no expert on the subject, but offhand I didn't

[cayugabirds-l] Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond

2010-02-06 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Hi folks, John saw, without binox, a light colored duck on the Factory St. pond when he went for mail this morning. We went back down looked at the bird with the scope. It was rather cream colored all over with some medium tan markings on shoulders wing tips. I say that rather hesitantly