[mou-net] No Mottled Duck

For most of the morning (8am - 11:50am) looked for Mottled Duck with no luck. Pete Makousky Anoka, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] No Mottled Duck

All, Writing this while at the rum river dam location. As far as I know the Mottled Duck did not make an appearance all day (Last sighting seemed to be around four yesterday, I had it in the morning) . The last of usable light is fading and all but thirty of the duck flock is gone. This is

Re: [mou-net] Possible Mottled Duck (Anoka), other interesting waterfowl today

Drew Smith, Tony Hertzel, and I have been studying this bird for the past hour and we are convinced it is a Mottled Duck. We have had excellent looks at all the field marks and have seen no signs of hybridization with Mallard. The bird is currently sitting on the ice on the south side of the

[mou-net] Possible Mottled Duck (Anoka), other interesting waterfowl today

15 Feb 16, Rum River Dam, Anoka. MODU candidate album Dark but with warm caramel tones, black gape, unmarked throat, narrow white bars around speculum, etc. Not perfect though, e.g. a bit more face streaking than I’d like. Really stood out from nearby group of black