The warm brown breast (contrasting with the sides) and slightly upturned tail feathers are traits of a male Mallard x Mexican Duck intergrade.
- Joshua Smith Fort Collins, CO Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 14, 2019, at 6:15 PM, Ben S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all - > > The male Mexican Duck swam close to a female Mallard the whole time I was > there; possible pair? Again, I believe this to be a pure Mexican Duck. The > tail shows no signs of Mallard hybridization. However, it seeems Mexican Duck > X Mallard hybrids are much more common in CO than pure Mexican, so if someone > disagrees with the pure Mexican Duck ID I am open to that feedback. Appears > to be first Arapahoe county ebird record! Here is the photo I promised: > > <IMG_7683 - Edited (2).jpg> > > My ebird checklist has more photos: > https://ebird.org/edit/checklist?subID=S51684135 > > Ben Sampson > Centennial, 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/msgid/cobirds/3d54a6ac-f7de-4397-978b-6729b27bac56%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <IMG_7683 - Edited (2).jpg> -- 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/79891FD9-2952-4063-BFC4-1E79BAEB09C3%40icloud.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
