Just a guess really, but could it be a PB Duck cross with something exotic?
For a long time there was a domestic duck swimming with the PB Ducks in Crace Pond and last year a different domestic duck was associating with PB Ducks in Ginnindera Creek behind our place. The fact that this duck is associating and seemingly
paired with a native duck hints to me that it might have a native parent and an escaped domestic parent. Am I way off the mark, my learned COG duck expert colleagues?
From: Julie Clark <>
Date: Friday, 11 May 2018 at 9:48 am
To: chatline <>
Subject: [canberrabirds] Re: Information & ID of a Duck?
As a follow-up to my request last night someone queried the size of the mystery duck, so here is a further email with
photos of the black duck & other, as well as a flight shot ....
Julie,
This may help with size. They swam together everywhere, despite lots of other ducks around and they flew off together when no other ducks
flew. I am sure they were together.
Danny
Cheers
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:41 PM, Julie Clark <m("gmail.com","julie.clark8387");" target="_blank">>
wrote:
A visitor to Canberra has sent me these photos and would appreciate comments or information about the photographed duck.
His message is also included:
Hi Julie,
I was in Canberra this week and saw an unusual duck in the company of a Pacific Black Duck. They swam together and flew off together
when a fisherman cast his line at them despite seeing me trying to get a photo.
Can you put this image to Canberra Birds forum and ask if they have seen this duck? I presume it’s just a different colour. It was
photographed by me yesterday (Wed) at Yarralumla Bay in front of the ADFA Boatshed.
Sorry about the quality of the images.
Thanks
for any feedback.
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