Hello birders,
I would like to get a Mexican Duck sighting under my belt, a new lifer if the AOU ever splits it from Northern Mallard. I noticed a dark Mallard on the shore of the South Platte River in Denver yesterday afternoon, from the South Platte River Trail east of York Street. (Industrial birding.) It had a yellow bill, dark feathers, and bright orange feet. I did not get a good view of the tail feathers, but what little I could see was dark but a bit curly. After studying and hoping, I read this in Sibley’s: “Virtually no pure Mexican Mallards occur in North America.” Shoot. I hope Brandon had better luck. Here’s a one minute slide show of some birds on the river yesterday. http://bit.ly/10KPXfr A map, too: http://goo.gl/maps/1wzl4 Cheers, Tom Wilberding Boulder, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/XrPlRjctN4kJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
