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 <benr...@gmail.com> 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. 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.
