[wisb] Hybrid Mallard?
- From: "Sue Peterson" <suechick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:09:59 -0500
This morning I saw what Iâ??m guessing is a hybrid male Mallard in Ephraimâ??s
Eagle Harbor. Sorry, no photos. It was at the shoreline with Mallards and
Widgeons.
It was the normal size (bill and body) of a mallard, and looked like one, but
several markings were different.
Itâ??s bill was a dull yellow on the sides, the top a dark color. The head was
greenish but darker than a mallard. Itâ??s cheeks had a fairly large circle
shape in soft orange below and slightly behind the eye. (Quite striking!) The
back and sides were grayish tan, with no lateral line or difference, the tone a
bit darker than the other male Mallards.
Anyone care to guess what hybrid this mallard is....if it is a hybrid. I have
no idea.
Also saw two Horned Grebes in breeding colors today at Sturgeon Bay canal. One
more so than the other. I havenâ??t seen the breeding colors for a long time.
Sue Peterson
Ephraim
Door Co
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