Yep, that is definitely a Mallard domestic cross. They're pretty common,
but they are like rock dove X domestic crosses- most of them look totally
different.

Cheers,
Thomas Knight
http://conservationheroes.blogspot.com



On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:48 PM, <retief at deweydrive.com> wrote:

> Now, you might ask, why would identifying a Duck be difficult? Well,
> because I
> can't find a picture that looks like this one that has ID information.
> Here
> are some images:
>
>
> http://www.deweydrive.com/gallery2/gallery2/v/Nature/album06/UnidentifiedDuck/
>
> >From looking around via Google, I think this is some Mallard/Domestic
> cross, but
> I figured I'd ask here for some ID help just so I understand this a bit
> better.
> This was from the Everett boat ramp a few weeks ago.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bill Dewey
> www.thefocusedeye.com
>
>
>
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