Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:27:46 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: John Churchill Subject: Re: [Fwd: Unusual Ducks] Comments: To: joe_n_anna@netzero.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline If I am not mistaken, Luther Goldman and I saw that group of ducks earlier = this summer. Luther showed me that although they are not pure Black Ducks = (they are young (juvenile) Mallard X Am. Black Duck Hybrids), they have = Am. Black Duck genes in them that give them a greenish "sheen" as seen on = juv. Black Ducks. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=20 John B. Churchill, M.S. Home (304) 292-5072 GIS Analyst Work (304) 293-4832 West Virginia University ext. 4458 Natural Resource Analysis Center Fax (304) 293-3752 P.O. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 webpage: http://www.nrac.wvu.edu/users/jbc >>> bkantrowitz@OLG.COM 09/12/02 01:48PM >>> 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=F3not 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=20 Phone: 301-937-9681 Address: 11041 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com=20 with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================