Hugh, That seems to be a rare variant of Mallard. Here are some links. THANKS for you interesting observation.
https://thenatureniche.com/2013/03/18/blue-headed-mallard/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/natureshooter/2475293699 "Purple" or "Blue" headed Mallards seem to be much less common than other prevalent color variant, the "white-headed" birder. Joe Roller, Denver On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:26 AM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds < [email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone enlighten me and the observers about a male Mallard that seems > consistently to show a purple head -- not simply reflected purple that we > sometimes see? > > Carole & Dan Blake have seen this bird fairly often in the past two weeks. > From the picture, the Mallard looks like an ordinary wild Mallard drake - > but with this purple head. > > > Hugh Kingery > > -- > 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/ms > gid/cobirds/162debac270-c8d-1462%40webjasstg-vaa23.srv.aolmail.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/162debac270-c8d-1462%40webjasstg-vaa23.srv.aolmail.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAJpZcUBSXvbzOxKrFEQOwn1uJ0Prp27YV-XoxPRHMiirsq%2BbdA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
