Hi All--
Mallards returned to our backyard water feature for the second year. See my
blog (http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com) for a technical and hopefully
not too x-rated discussion of of their copulatory behavior!
Dan
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Dan or Erika Tallman
Northfield, Minnesota
Saw a duck on Lake Vadnais this morning that doesn't quite look right for a
female mallard. It was swimming in the vicinity of some mallards but off by
itself. It appeared slightly smaller to me. It had an all black bill and the
markings looked slightly different as well. Could this be a hybrid
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From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Gail
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Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:16 PM
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Subject: [mou-net] mallard?
Saw a duck on Lake Vadnais this morning that doesn't quite look
It is almost unanimous that this is a female Northern Pintail. Thank you to
everyone who took the time to look and send a suggestion. In the number of
years that we have been monitoring Lake Vadnais, we have only seen a Northern
Pintail (male) on one other occasion so pintail did not occur to
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