My guess would be that it's a hybrid, maybe a mallard scaup hybrid.Ronan O'CarraLexington > From: lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [birdky] Odd duck > Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 19:58:24 -0500 > To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Yesterday while I was at Parsons Pond, right taking my Lesser Scaup pictures > that I mistakenly called Greater Scaup, an SUV stopped up on the road. I > assumed it was some local puzzled by me walking across a muddy bean > stubblefield, but it was Steve and Debbie Hamilton out birding. In > conversation, I learned from them that an odd duck had been spotted at Swan > Lake in Dunbar Cave State Park, Clarksville, TN. Although I didn't see any > recent TN bird reports from Montgomery County, Alison and I stopped by there > today to see what we could see. There was a duck there that resembled a > female scaup, but with orange where there should be white. It was napping > beside 2 Ruddy Ducks. Several Coots swam back and forth nearby. It took a > long time to catch it with its head out from under its wing but I finally got > a few passable pictures of it. Amy Wallace, the park naturalist, said that > today was the first day she had seen it and that she didn't know about other > TN birders scouting for an odd duck there. I don't know for sure that this is > the duck that got a few TN birders plus a certain non reporting KY birder > interested, but here is what I got - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/57339816@N08/ > Frank Lyne > frank@xxxxxxxxxxx - near Dot in Logan County, KY > > > > ======TES TO SUBSCRIBERS===== > > When posting on BIRDKY, please close posts with > your first and last name and your address (city or county). > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > To post on BIRDKY, send e-mail to: > birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Visit the KOS website at > http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/default.htm > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Visit the KOS Photo Page to view photos of birds recently > sighted in Kentucky: > http://www.flickr.com/groups/kentucky_ornithological_society/pool > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: > birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison. > E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx >