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shooter Member Posts: 9 |
posted 01-31-2010 05:38 PM
  
Can anyone give me a for sure name on these ducks. I have heard every thing from Mottled X Mallard to Mottled X Black duck. I look at the colors on the wing speculum and for the black spot on the gape of the bill. The black spot at the gape of the bill is a dead give away for the Mottled duck so I have been told? So if this is true then all these are Mottled X birds right?       IP: Logged |
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AirTrafficController01 Member Posts: 75 |
posted 01-31-2010 07:10 PM
Mottled IP: Logged |
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NoVaCAIN Member Posts: 630 |
posted 01-31-2010 07:12 PM
what makes u think it is a hybrid? Chris IP: Logged |
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Belly up dux Member Posts: 199 |
posted 01-31-2010 07:12 PM
Well, the duck with the white stripes on the top and bottom would be mallard, or cross bred. The one with no stripes would be mottled. Hard to tell without seeing them up close. We don't get a lot of black ducks here. There are a few, but not many. IP: Logged |
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Belly up dux Member Posts: 199 |
posted 01-31-2010 07:14 PM
BTW, that mud looks like PCS. IP: Logged |
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nimatime Member Posts: 143 |
posted 01-31-2010 07:49 PM
From what I gather, the one with two white stripes is a hybrid, the ones with one small white stripe or no white stripes at all are true mottleds. I asked the biologist at Goodwin a few weeks back and that's how he said he identified them, but he said even that is not enough sometimes to accuratley Id them, so who knows? IP: Logged |
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SUTHERNDUCKHUNTER Member Posts: 656 |
posted 01-31-2010 08:17 PM
i would say the duck with the white on the top and bottom of the wing is a Mallard/Mottled Mix, And the birds with the White on just the bottom would be Mottled. Its really hard these days to identify what kind of mix these Big puddle ducks have in them rather it be 50/50, 25/75, mallard/mottled. I also noticed reading all the reports on here this past season, that Since ive hunted in florida starting back in '02, this year by far has had the most "hybrid ducks" taken. ------------------ Of Course there's more to life than duck hunting.... IP: Logged |
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shooter Member Posts: 9 |
posted 01-31-2010 09:28 PM
quote: The black spot at the gape of the bill and the color pattern of the speculum. [This message has been edited by shooter (edited 01-31-2010).] IP: Logged |
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duckmanjr Member Posts: 4 |
posted 02-01-2010 03:06 PM
best answer..Hybrid The state( R Bielefeld) is still studying the Mottled and the hybridization issue. IP: Logged |
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shooter Member Posts: 9 |
posted 02-01-2010 05:47 PM
quote: Yes, sure is . You know your mud. IP: Logged |
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QwackHead Member Posts: 245 |
posted 02-01-2010 06:17 PM
This should give you some useful information. http://www.fwc.state.fl.us/docs/WildlifeHabitats/Duck_MODU_MALL_ID.pdf IP: Logged |
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