What are these ducks?

Island Girl · 07-10-2004, 07:10 AM

While out for a little cruise yesterday, these ducks were also out cruising. Does anyone know what the species is?

Grant · 07-10-2004, 11:38 AM

They look like the water fowl equivalent of mutts to me. Seen them around here, milling about with the purebreds...

csuhockey3 · 07-10-2004, 12:06 PM

They look similar to what my brother and I called rooster-ducks growing up. We would see them in Atlanta at my grandmothers house -- they looked like a cross breed between a goose/duck and a rooster. They were big, ugly and made funny noises when they swam, like they were asthmatic! The ones in the picture do look a little smaller and less offesively ugly, but might might be the same idea.

Lin · 07-10-2004, 06:52 PM

Island Girl, they look like domestic waterfoul like Cayuga and Magpies and some other types. check out this link. It has lots of domestic duck info even if it is based in the UK.

http://www.domestic-waterfowl.co.uk

madrasahs · 07-11-2004, 07:51 PM

Not knowing, I got a reply from a respected birder friend.

She says the Central American (true) Muscovie duck will hybridize with wild ducks, including the pintail -- your likely foreground two ducks/mix. The muscovie itself looks similar to the one furthest away in your picture -- only bigger. (May be the "rooster duck", too).

They're mutts, all right. (Nothing against mutts, you understand).

Gray Ghost · 07-12-2004, 05:27 AM

Check this web site and you judge for your self, I think they are Eiders.

http://www.comozooconservatory.org/z...ges/Eiders.jpg

Zee · 07-12-2004, 12:13 PM

They are definitely not eiders. They are hybrids. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But remember, they still cary duck mite parasites!

MAXUM · 07-12-2004, 10:57 PM

Mallards with halloween costumes on

or better yet a cloning experiment that went terribly wrong.

07-10-2004, 07:10 AM	#1
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,352 Thanks: 18 Thanked 535 Times in 179 Posts	What are these ducks? While out for a little cruise yesterday, these ducks were also out cruising. Does anyone know what the species is? __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade Last edited by Island Girl; 07-10-2004 at 08:31 AM.

07-10-2004, 11:38 AM	#2
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 375 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	Winged Mutts They look like the water fowl equivalent of mutts to me. Seen them around here, milling about with the purebreds...

07-10-2004, 12:06 PM	#3
csuhockey3 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hooksett, NH Posts: 256 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	They look similar to what my brother and I called rooster-ducks growing up. We would see them in Atlanta at my grandmothers house -- they looked like a cross breed between a goose/duck and a rooster. They were big, ugly and made funny noises when they swam, like they were asthmatic! The ones in the picture do look a little smaller and less offesively ugly, but might might be the same idea. __________________ - CSUhockey3

07-10-2004, 06:52 PM	#4
Lin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts & Moultonborough Posts: 673 Thanks: 41 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Island Girl, they look like domestic waterfoul like Cayuga and Magpies and some other types. check out this link. It has lots of domestic duck info even if it is based in the UK. http://www.domestic-waterfowl.co.uk __________________ Lin

07-11-2004, 07:51 PM	#5
madrasahs Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 381 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Muscovie? Not knowing, I got a reply from a respected birder friend. She says the Central American (true) Muscovie duck will hybridize with wild ducks, including the pintail -- your likely foreground two ducks/mix. The muscovie itself looks similar to the one furthest away in your picture -- only bigger. (May be the "rooster duck", too). They're mutts, all right. (Nothing against mutts, you understand).

07-12-2004, 05:27 AM	#6
Gray Ghost Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Are they Eider Ducks? Check this web site and you judge for your self, I think they are Eiders. http://www.comozooconservatory.org/z...ges/Eiders.jpg

07-12-2004, 12:13 PM	#7
Zee Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Union Wharf, Tuftonboro Posts: 173 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post	Hybrids all They are definitely not eiders. They are hybrids. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But remember, they still cary duck mite parasites!

07-12-2004, 10:57 PM	#8
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	Mallards with halloween costumes on or better yet a cloning experiment that went terribly wrong.