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Title: What is it?
Post by: marcmccalmont on October 18, 2009, 10:44:14 am
Saw this duck(?) in southern New Hampshire this week
not sure what it is ? I couldn't find it in a waterfowl guide.
Marc

[attachment=17277:CF003350_Duck.jpg]
Title: What is it?
Post by: wolfnowl on October 18, 2009, 02:21:23 pm
Well?  It's not a species native to eastern North America that I'm familiar with, so you're not going to find it in any waterfowl guide.  Looks like it might be a hybrid of some sort, probably an escaped domestic.

Mike.
Title: What is it?
Post by: nstop on October 19, 2009, 12:50:33 pm
It's a Mallard crossed with a domestic duck of some kind.  I don't know about the fluffy head, but the curl on the tail feathers gives away the Mallard portion.

Mallard crosses are pretty common, but they can have a wide range of appearance.

BB
Title: What is it?
Post by: DarkPenguin on October 19, 2009, 12:53:46 pm
That is one stylish do.
Title: What is it?
Post by: framah on October 19, 2009, 03:43:17 pm
Possibly a juvenile Aflac duck.
Title: What is it?
Post by: framah on October 19, 2009, 03:51:50 pm
Looking at my Stokes book, it looks like it might be a cross with a Mallard and a Red Breasted Merganser or even a Hooded Merganser.  

Just my nonprofessional guess.
Title: What is it?
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on October 19, 2009, 03:58:22 pm
Definitely the result of Rex Murphy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tshmrYZnjXs) fulminating in the wild - he never ducks an issue.
Title: What is it?
Post by: AndyS on October 19, 2009, 03:58:47 pm
Hi,

The below is a picture of a Crested duck (European name). Suspect your feathered friend is a hybrid between this and a Mallard!


(http://www.astannard.com/opf/duck.jpg)


Cheers,
Andy.
Title: What is it?
Post by: Paul Sumi on October 19, 2009, 06:16:06 pm
Puts me in mind of Harpo Marx...

Title: What is it?
Post by: framah on October 20, 2009, 09:29:35 am
Based on Andy's photo, i guess my Aflac juvenile guess wasn't so far off after all!!