I have seen a lot of hybrid ducks down at Juanita Bay Park over the winter
Nancy; could this have been a Hybrid Mallard?





Martyn



Martyn Stewart
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The Spring is cum
The grass is riz
I wonder where the birdies is?

The birdies on the wing!
Nah, that's absoid
D' wing is on d' boid!
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From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 6:42 PM
To: Tweets
Subject: Help identifying a female duck with chicks



Hi Tweeters:

Here is what we saw today in Juanita Bay- early afternoon 4/20/04

Bald Eagle- 1 mature, 1 immature

Cinnamon Teal- pair- GLORIOUS

Gadwall- pair

2 male Mallards

1 pair of Pied- Billed Grebe

Coots

24-Double-Crested Coromorants

GBH- flying and being chased by a couple of red-wing males

Song Sparrows

Red Wing Blackbirds- many

Marsh Wrens- many calling- saw 1 building a nest

American Crows, Robins

Ruddy Ducks, Buffleheads, Lesser Scaup

Black Capped Chickadees

I saw a female duck that I could not identify. She had a clutch of 13
sleeping chicks. She was a large duck with very few markings. No mottled
feathers on her back like the female Gadwall or Mallard. Her coloring was a
pale taupish tan. She had a dark edge on her wing. Her face was a bit darker
than her lighter body that gradually became ligher from her head to her
legs. She had bright orange feet. No top-notch and much larger than the wood
duck female. There was a white patch just above her tail and a stripe in
her eye. But most of the female ducks have that same stripe.

I heard from a photographer there that the birding group had been there
earlier and sighted the cinnamon teals and some wood ducks. Did you happen
to see the mother and her chicks?

Nancy

Renton, WA.