Re: [MDOsprey] early birds and odd duck on the Mall

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Robert, 

I think that duck is a breed of domestic Mallard, not a hybrid!  

Best, 

Rob

At 12:51 PM 09/23/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>A slow hour on the Mall produced a couple of Fall arrivals -- 1-2
>yellow-rumps in a small mixed warbler flock with 2 magnolias and a
>chestnut-sided, and a lone junco.
>
>The odd duck was hanging out on the island at constitution gardens with
>mallards, peking ducks, and various hybrids thereamong.  At first I
>thought it was a mallard X black duck, based on its chocolate back, black
>head, and yellow bill. then it turned around to reveal a large white area
>on the breast, so it is most likely a black X "mallard" or perhaps of
>even more dubious provenance (mallard X dark exotic?).
>
>Robert Weiner (rweiner@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu)
>International Business Department
>George Washington University
>Washington DC 20052
>202 994 5981
>

Rob (Robert) Hilton--*robert@csa.com*--Bethesda, Md. (very close to
Washington, DC)

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