For some reason I didn’t get Martin’s original email concerning his photo. To me it is quite obvious what it is – roast duck in season with seasoning. Obviously a Mallard derivative from someone’s backyard and should be removed pronto!
mark
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2014 1:28 PM
To:
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] Trucking Yard Lane today
There could be some other domestic strain in there. According to HANZAB the recurved upper tail-coverts should be black (sometimes glossy) rather than pale grey.
From: Martin Butterfield
Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2014 1:13 PM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Trucking Yard Lane today
Still no Plumed Whistling Ducks. However this was swimming around with the Black Ducks and Grey Teal:
To my mind this looks pretty much like a Mallard, with no Pacific Black Duck DNA. What doo others think?
