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04/15/2012 01:19:38 AM |
scooter - The purple head on a mallard is when you view them from behind, with the duck between you and the sun. The same duck swimming towards you will look like it has a green head. I love that about them. I see the same effect on the shovel nose duck at these lakes.
This duck's head is mostly black with a very faint hint of a dark green stripe going back from his eye, which is a characteristic of a different duck seen at these lakes a lot...so I'm sure there's a lot of interbreeding going on here. |
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04/13/2012 11:27:19 PM |
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04/13/2012 09:18:24 PM |
| Good one. Don't know anything about Mallard's hybridization. |
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04/13/2012 08:49:06 PM |
| I have seen males with a purple head in the past. I don't know if it is a color phase or a true hybrid. |
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