[TN-Bird] Re: Leucistic Mallard?
- From: Michael Todd <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dusscrow@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 07:52:05 -0800
Dustin,
This certainly looks like a leucistic female Mallard to me. This shows up in
presumably wild Mallards often, but who knows on some birds if some domestic
Mallard genes might have been introduced at some point. Not something I've
looked at much though....
Thanks for sharing!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
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On Mon, 2/2/15, Dustin Crowell <dusscrow@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Subject: [TN-Bird] Leucistic Mallard?
To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, February 2, 2015, 6:17 AM
1/31/15Radnor Lake
State Natural Area, Davidson County
(This is my third attempt to send this email. I
had to convert the picture to fit the size limits.) I
spotted a very interesting duck from a distance on the lake
Saturday. For a brief, exciting moment I though it may be
a sea duck, but not so. It turned out to be a white female
mallard. I'm not sure if it is a domestic hybrid or
possibly a leucistic bird. Someone with more
experience on this may know. I've attached very blurry
pictures I took with a point-and-shoot thru a
spotting scope (sorry for poor quality). Any
ideas? Dustin
CrowellNashville,
TN
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