[wisb] Re: Mystery bird (duck) of the week, Forest Co
- From: Sharon Reilly <reillyhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:49:49 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
My input - maybe this is a male mallard in eclipse plumage. But if so it is
either a bit early or a very late moult.
As pointed out already there is quite a bit of white in the speculum. Bill is
yellow"ish" with black along the culmen. Also the posture is an alert pose.
Ducks in moult are more vulnerable if they are flightless at the time.
Sharon, Sauk County
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>From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jun 21, 2012 12:47 PM
>To: woodcreeper@xxxxxxxxx
>Cc: terriw@xxxxxxxxxx, bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx, wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [wisb] Re: Mystery bird (duck) of the week, Forest Co
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>That's a lot of white on the speculum for an American Black Duck. I'm
>saying hen Mallard. She's posing that way because she's watching you.
>Good birding,
>Jesse Ellis
>
>On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:40 AM, David La Puma <woodcreeper@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I think you've got two choices here (barring some hybridization): Female
>> Mallard and Female American Black Duck. The bird looks dark overall, and
>> the bill looks more olive to me than orange, which bodes well for American
>> Black Duck.
>> cheers
>>
>> David
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>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Terri Welisek <terriw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > What a female Northern Shoveler?
>> >
>> >
>> > Terri Welisek
>> > Sherwood WI Calumet County
>> >
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>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> > On Behalf Of B.G. Sloan
>> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:46 AM
>> > To: wisbirdn
>> > Subject: [wisb] Re: Mystery bird (duck) of the week, Forest Co
>> >
>> > If this bird truly is a duck, the upright profile looks a lot like an
>> > Indian
>> > Runner duck...
>> >
>> > Bernie Sloan
>> > Milwaukee
>> >
>> > --- On Wed, 6/20/12, timarytm@xxxxxxxxx <timarytm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > > From: timarytm@xxxxxxxxx <timarytm@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Subject: [wisb] Mystery bird (duck) of the week, Forest Co
>> > > To: "Wisbirdn Post" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 7:46 AM We saw this duck in the weeds
>> > > on the shore of Little Long Lake while we were out boating. It was
>> > > quite windy, the duck was pretty far away, and the pictures are not
>> > > great. Typically we only see mallards on this lake but we did sight a
>> > > hooded merganser and a pair of wood ducks earlier this spring. It
>> > > looks a lot like a female mallard and that is what it might be; the
>> > > reason for my question is its pose with the outstretched neck...I have
>> > > never seen a mallard sitting in the grasses like this one was.
>> > >
>> > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/46280125@N08/sets/72157630191610880/
>> > >
>> > > We spotted our first pair of mourning warblers on an early morning
>> > > walk Sunday morning. We also heard ravens making the oddest scream
>> > > type sounds we have ever heard.
>> > >
>> > > Mary Maertz
>> > > Forest Co
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>Jesse Ellis
>Post-doctoral Researcher
>Dept. of Zoology
>University of Wisconsin - Madison
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