Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:48:40 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Beth Kantrowitz Subject: [Fwd: Unusual Ducks] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Can anyone help with this ID? I'm tickled pink that these folks found my www.pgaudubon.org website and contacted Prince George's Audubon Society for help, but I am at best an advanced amateur birder and, unfortunately, I suck at identifying ducks. Thanks. Beth Kantrowitz Vice President and Webmaster, Prince George's Audubon Society -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Unusual Ducks Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:45:04 -0400 From: "Joe & Anna Swab" Reply-To: To: Hello, I am not an Audubon member, but I have always been interested in birds. Yesterday when my wife and I were walking by Greenbelt Lake, among the usual many Mallard ducks, Canada geese, etc., there were 5 or 6 ducks that had green heads like the male Mallards, but they were also green on their breasts, backs, sides, and had very dark wings, but no markings that I could see?not the blue band, etc., one sees on Mallards. They looked almost black when they were in shadow, but in the bright afternoon sun (around 4:30 to 5:00) the green was very spectacular. They also looked like they might be juveniles, since they were a little smaller than the Mallards they were with, and it appeared that one male Mallard was keeping them all together. I was wondering is this some exotic species not in my experience, or are they green ducks a hybrid of some kind, or a mutation in one clutch of Mallards? If you have any experts who can tell me about what it was I saw, or who can check them out and let me know, I am very curious and would appreciate a reply. Joseph N. Swab USDA, retired E-mail: joe_n_anna@netzero.net Phone: 301-937-9681 Address: 11041 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================