[cobirds] Re: hybrid duck at Stearns Lake, Boulder County, Jan. 14

2017-01-15 Thread Jack Bushong 
Hi all, 
Here are a few images that I took back in November of presumably the same 
bird: https://www.flickr.com/photos/145000253@N05/albums/72157675456456894

Good Birding, 
Jack Bushong,
Louisville, CO

On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 6:36:43 PM UTC-7, Ted Floyd wrote:
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> Hey, everybody.
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> This evening, Sat., Jan. 14, in fading light at Stearns Lake, southeastern 
> Boulder County, Andrew Floyd and I saw a hybrid duck that I'm not certain 
> about. In terms of gross plumage characters, it reminds me of a "Brewer's," 
> or "Bemaculated," Duck, i.e., a Mallard x Gadwall hybrid. But the tail and 
> bill suggest Northern Pintail parentage, and I even wonder if American 
> Wigeon is in this bird's ancestry. The pix, below, are dark and grainy, but 
> I imagine there's enough in there for rampant conjecture. Let the games 
> begin!
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> (By the way, there are well over 1,000 *Anas* ducks and several thousand 
> geese at Stearns. Arrive there a bit earlier in the day than when Andrew 
> and I were there, and you should get great studies of the big flock. And 
> maybe you'll find a Mexican Duck or beautiful goldeneye x merganser hybrid 
> or something.)
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> Okay, here are the photos of the Stearns Lake hybrid (click on the images 
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> Ted Floyd
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[cobirds] Re: Hybrid duck, Adams County

2016-02-19 Thread Mary Keithler 
Hi Chris,

Thanks for the definitive word on this hybrid duck.  

Mary Keithler, Arapahoe County

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> On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:14 AM, Chris Rurik  wrote:
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> Hi all --
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> This duck has been on the South Platte for at least four winters. It has been 
> ID'ed as a Northern Shoveler X Gadwall hybrid. See the comments under a photo 
> of it posted on January 29 to the Colorado Field Ornithologists Facebook 
> group for more discussion and links to helpful websites.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Chris Rurik
> Denver, CO
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>> On Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 10:15:58 PM UTC-7, fiddlenurs wrote:
>> I'm just sending this email to retitle it so that when people respond to it, 
>> it won't have part of my name in the response. This duck was discovered by 
>> other great birders, I had nothing to do with it…
>> Thanks, Deb Carstensen, Littleton
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Mary Keithler  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Leon,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your input.  Certainly the hybrid duck photographed by Rob Raker 
>>> has characteristics that could be due to a wigeon x pintail combination.  I 
>>> looked through dozens of photos of hybrid ducks and couldn't find any that 
>>> looked like the specimen Rob saw on the Platte.  I still thought that the 
>>> duck might be a shoveler x gadwall combination.  When I searched on that 
>>> hybrid, the photo I found did look more like Rob's duck than the other 
>>> photos I found.
>>> 
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/nanney/480763409/in/photostream/
>>> 
>>> Perhaps someone with extensive experience with hybrid ducks would care to 
>>> join the discussion.
>>> 
>>> Mary Keithler, Arapahoe County
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
 On Feb 18, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Leon Bright  wrote:
 
 Here’s another guess:  American wigeon x pintail.  Note the scapulars, 
 tertials and under-tail coverts.  What about the absent “pin” tail, and 
 the white auriculars, you say?  Well, umm…
 
 Leon Bright, Pueblo
 
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[cobirds] Re: Hybrid duck

2016-02-19 Thread Chris Rurik 
Hi all --

This duck has been on the South Platte for at least four winters. It has 
been ID'ed as a Northern Shoveler X Gadwall hybrid. See the comments under 
a photo of it posted on January 29 to the Colorado Field Ornithologists 
Facebook group for more discussion and links to helpful websites.

Hope this helps,
Chris Rurik
Denver, CO

On Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 10:15:58 PM UTC-7, fiddlenurs wrote:
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> I'm just sending this email to retitle it so that when people respond to 
> it, it won't have part of my name in the response. This duck was discovered 
> by other great birders, I had nothing to do with it…
> Thanks, Deb Carstensen, Littleton
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 18, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Mary Keithler  > wrote:
>
> Hi Leon,
>
> Thanks for your input.  Certainly the hybrid duck photographed by Rob 
> Raker has characteristics that could be due to a wigeon x pintail 
> combination.  I looked through dozens of photos of hybrid ducks and 
> couldn't find any that looked like the specimen Rob saw on the Platte.  I 
> still thought that the duck might be a shoveler x gadwall combination. 
>  When I searched on that hybrid, the photo I found did look more like Rob's 
> duck than the other photos I found.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/nanney/480763409/in/photostream/
>
> Perhaps someone with extensive experience with hybrid ducks would care to 
> join the discussion.
>
> Mary Keithler, Arapahoe County
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 18, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Leon Bright > 
> wrote:
>
> Here’s another guess:  American wigeon x pintail.  Note the scapulars, 
> tertials and under-tail coverts.  What about the absent “pin” tail, and the 
> white auriculars, you say?  Well, umm…
>
> Leon Bright, Pueblo
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