FW: Freckled duck breeding

["Margaret Leggoe" <>]

This fellow was photographed in October in Victoria 2010.  I was impressed at the time with his “red” bill.  Depends a bit on the light.  In the shade it was deep red, but in direct sunlight, paler.  Morecombe calls it “red”.

Margaret

 

 

 

 

From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2012 11:27 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] FW: Freckled duck breeding

 

I did say maroon, Roger, but probably more deep pink.  Below from FSP in 2008 and somewhere or other when ducks were tamer in 2004.   I haven’t seen that colour on the current WBP birds.  The D. Duck similarity is subtly there, and seems to arise from the pointy head with a suggestion of a topknot and the exaggerated Superduck bill.

 

 

 

 

From: Williams, Roger [m("grapevine.com.au","rogerwilliams");">]
Sent: Monday, 8 October 2012 9:26 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Subject: Freckled duck breeding

 

Hi Geoffrey,

                    You were talking about the colour of the bill on the Freckled Duck being a (maroon/purple)colour,do you think the bird in the photo fits that description, or is the bill a more defined colour.

                          Roger