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 notice any pattern or color or shape to indicate it's a hybrid. Still, knowing Mallards, a hybrid is always a possibility with an odd duck. Sorry not to have answered the phone. I'm in Canada with the Cayuga Bird Club overnight field trip to Amherst Island. So far we've seen Snowy, Short-eared, Barred, Northern Saw-whet, and Boreal Owls. --Dave Nutter
On Saturday, February 06, 2010, at 01:56PM, "John and Fritzie Blizzard" <job121...@verizon.net> wrote: > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
