Was up at one of my brothers property on boxing day and he had this duck swimming around in his dam.
He says it turns up for around six months every year and then buggers off for the winter. Never has a mate with it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before.
Any ideas, braintrust?
sibeen said:
Was up at one of my brothers property on boxing day and he had this duck swimming around in his dam.
He says it turns up for around six months every year and then buggers off for the winter. Never has a mate with it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before.
Any ideas, braintrust?
So is your brother’s property in Africa? Greenland? Narrow it down for us.
In my limited experience of dealing with them as a water chemistry guy, they seem to return to the same water holes (/dams / pools) each year.
I would predict s/he will bring a partner and make baby ducks at some stage.
Rule 303 said:
In my limited experience of dealing with them as a water chemistry guy, they seem to return to the same water holes (/dams / pools) each year.I would predict s/he will bring a partner and make baby ducks at some stage.
How heteronormative of you…
sneers
Rule 303 said:
In my limited experience of dealing with them as a water chemistry guy, they seem to return to the same water holes (/dams / pools) each year.I would predict s/he will bring a partner and make baby ducks at some stage.
It’s been around 5 years, so S/he is bloody lazy.
dv said:
sibeen said:
Was up at one of my brothers property on boxing day and he had this duck swimming around in his dam.
He says it turns up for around six months every year and then buggers off for the winter. Never has a mate with it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before.
Any ideas, braintrust?
So is your brother’s property in Africa? Greenland? Narrow it down for us.
Woodend, Victoria.
wood duck.
I’n‘t think it’s a wood duck, look at the bill.
Kind of looks like it has seen some hard times in the head region
sibeen said:
Rule 303 said:
In my limited experience of dealing with them as a water chemistry guy, they seem to return to the same water holes (/dams / pools) each year.I would predict s/he will bring a partner and make baby ducks at some stage.
It’s been around 5 years, so S/he is bloody lazy.
Or just unlucky. Or maybe ugly. Maybe s/he has impossibly high standards?
Has your brother considered offering him/her cryogenic reproduction insurance?
Look at its long neck. That’s weird.
dv said:
I’n‘t think it’s a wood duck, look at the bill.Kind of looks like it has seen some hard times in the head region
Ducks bully each other by pecking the top of the head, removing the feathers, then skin, leaving a wound.
Have I mentioned that we had Ducks when I were a lad? There was always one getting scalped…
Oh, it’s about twice the size of a wood duck. This is a big bird,
Witty Rejoinder said:
Rule 303 said:
In my limited experience of dealing with them as a water chemistry guy, they seem to return to the same water holes (/dams / pools) each year.I would predict s/he will bring a partner and make baby ducks at some stage.
How heteronormative of you…
sneers
How phallocranial of you…
I mean are we sure it’s not some kind of goose…
Rule 303 said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Rule 303 said:
In my limited experience of dealing with them as a water chemistry guy, they seem to return to the same water holes (/dams / pools) each year.I would predict s/he will bring a partner and make baby ducks at some stage.
How heteronormative of you…
sneers
How phallocranial of you…
lol
dv said:
I mean are we sure it’s not some kind of goose…
Well I had a gander and I didn’t think so.
sibeen said:
dv said:I mean are we sure it’s not some kind of goose…
Well I had a gander and I didn’t think so.
Very tidy.
:-)
sibeen said:
Was up at one of my brothers property on boxing day and he had this duck swimming around in his dam.
He says it turns up for around six months every year and then buggers off for the winter. Never has a mate with it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before.
Any ideas, braintrust?
I would think a hybrid between a Muscovy and possibly a male Mallard Duck is likely. Muscovy Ducks are very good mothers and will readily brood eggs. There are many hybrid forms as Muscovy’s will breed with a number of native ducks.
Muscovy/ Mallard Duck hybrid.
!http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s_OA3-IdVAU/UxjWgIQgxeI/AAAAAAAABzo/gambL0jU-wg/s1600/0296+Mallard+x+Muscovy+Duck,+Tattersett,+20-Apr-11+(B2)+L.JPG!
I was thinking it had some Muscovy in its colouring, but minus the red facial features.
Rule 303 said:
sibeen said:
dv said:I mean are we sure it’s not some kind of goose…
Well I had a gander and I didn’t think so.
Very tidy.
:-)
I mean the shape, but not the colouring, looks like a blue-billed duck
Bubblecar said:
I was thinking it had some Muscovy in its colouring, but minus the red facial features.
They have just about every combination you could think of. Highly variable.
Yeah, that hybrid does look similar, especially if the one I took a photo of didn’t have a busted head.
sibeen said:
Yeah, that hybrid does look similar, especially if the one I took a photo of didn’t have a busted head.
It’s probably just wet.
dv said:
I mean the shape, but not the colouring, looks like a blue-billed duck
Male Black ducks have a blue bill
Wire duck
?
Someone the other day wanted to know if wolves were very large. Take a look.
https://i.imgur.com/JQyAc3w.mp4
PermeateFree said:
Someone the other day wanted to know if wolves were very large. Take a look.https://i.imgur.com/JQyAc3w.mp4
Wrong damn thread again.
For some reason I thought muscovies were geese rather than ducks, even though they are generally called ducks. Or was it another of the domestic ducks? Maybe Indian Runners? I’ve only had Khaki Campbells, and not for a long time now.
But yeah looks like PermeateFree has nailed it. Nice one.
buffy said:
For some reason I thought muscovies were geese rather than ducks, even though they are generally called ducks. Or was it another of the domestic ducks? Maybe Indian Runners? I’ve only had Khaki Campbells, and not for a long time now.
I’ve always thought they were closer to geese than ducks. They have like geese 35 day incubation instead of the normal 28 days ducks have.
Muscovy ducks are native to the Americas. I wonder why they are called that.
sibeen said:
Was up at one of my brothers property on boxing day and he had this duck swimming around in his dam.
He says it turns up for around six months every year and then buggers off for the winter. Never has a mate with it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before.
Any ideas, braintrust?
In the Australian backyard bird count, that would be classed as “domestic duck”. These are a lot larger than native ducks. Domestic ducks tend to be admixtures of Pekin, khaki Campbell, indian runner with a few other colour variants thrown in. People who keep ducks for their eggs or meat don’t care much about the colour of the ducks and so they frequently end up with really weird colour combinations.
Muscovies tend to breed true, but this one has a ghosting colour around the eye that suggests Muscovy. Muscovies are even larger than domestic ducks.
The bluish tinge of the bill may or may not suggest interbreeding with blue-billed duck. The alternative would be from the hook bill breed.
Here are some pictures of domestic duck breeds.
Rule 303 said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Rule 303 said:
In my limited experience of dealing with them as a water chemistry guy, they seem to return to the same water holes (/dams / pools) each year.I would predict s/he will bring a partner and make baby ducks at some stage.
How heteronormative of you…
sneers
How phallocranial of you…
:)
Michael V said:
Rule 303 said:
Witty Rejoinder said:How heteronormative of you…
sneers
How phallocranial of you…
:)
Mr Trump would say “My fellow Cranials”
If you intend to shoot it you must identify it first. Thats the law.
gaghalfrunt said:
If you intend to shoot it you must identify it first. Thats the law.
It isn’t a native.
roughbarked said:
gaghalfrunt said:
If you intend to shoot it you must identify it first. Thats the law.
It isn’t a native.
Ok, in that case blaze away.
