My guess would be a ring neck duck although they are smaller than a mallard. Otherwise, it could be a blue Swedish, domestic duck (derived from the mallard). The smaller variety can fly and are known to hang with Mallards. They are commonly found in the Cities.
-Uwe Kausch Duluth -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Nash Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] Help ID'ing diving duck seen by Black Dog Rd Hi, I saw a duck this am in the river near the cedar ave bridge and can't ID it. The male was about the size of a mallard with a black head and tail and white in the middle. It was either hanging out with Coots or the female is all black. Thx! Sent from my iPhone ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
