I agree that this is a mallard with an "interesting" facial pattern. Very close examination of the pictures I took shows a blue patch near the tail and some blue fringes in the feathers.
Thanks for all of the feedback Bill On Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 6:00:54 PM UTC-6, kickback wrote: > > I think I saw a Garganey and I definitely saw a Virginia rail at the > Fountain Creek Nature center today, they were right next to each other. > Also saw a Black-crowned night heron. > > I would appreciate feedback on whether I am correct about the Garganey > > Garganey(?) picture > > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/_MG_6024_a.JPG > > > Virginia rail picture > > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/_MG_6016_cr.jpg > > > Thanks, > > Bill > > [email protected] > -- 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/msgid/cobirds/b542cf01-c2f7-4743-8e35-50beb87f4639%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
