I think the first odd Mallard is a drake that is a hybrid of some sort. The odd head colors don't appear in a hen. There are a couple of good books out of England that detail hybrid ducks, with nice color photos. The other two are interesting. All the photos are drakes; I think in the second one you have what looks like a drake Mottled. In the third picture it iOS just, I believe, a slowly molting bird, probably a very late young of the year.

Hal Michael

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> On 10/26/2020 12:49 PM Keith Carlson <kec201814 at cableone.net> wrote:

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> Today, In search of the American Black Duck at West Pond, Lewiston I found a couple of strange, weird plumaged Mallards.

> A few years back, we had a Drake-plumaged female Mallard as mentioned in Sibley, Vol 2, page17.

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> www.flickr.com/photos/birddog/50534177591

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> www.flickr.com/photos/birddog/50533449408

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> Comments. guesses welcome.

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> We did find the American Black Duck, however.

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> E Bird Checklist S75440697

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> Keith Carlson

> Lewiston

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