Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:18:43 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: [Fwd: Unusual Ducks] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I would not be too sure that these are hybrids. More likely they are just a domestic breed of Mallard. Typical Mallard X Black Duck hybrids do not have green heads but the green is restricted mostly to the crown. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: John Churchill To: Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] [Fwd: Unusual Ducks] > 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. > > > ====================================================== > > 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?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 > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================