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    Julie Kenward
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    I was photographing some ducks and geese at a nearby suburban lake and a pair of THESE walked up. I had never seen them around before and I couldn't stop staring at them as they looked like a cross between a goose and a buzzard!

    Any idea what they are besides ugly? :eek:

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    Isaac Green
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    It looks like a muscovy duck to me.

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    Fabs Forns
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    Muscovy it is :)

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Another vote for Muscovy Duck.

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    Kinda cute Muscovy if you ask me....lolol

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    Widely domesticated but native to Mexico, Central and South America, and feral in many places.

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    What are the colors of these....I had seen white before but never a black...are there other colors also?

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    Bill- The wild-type Muscovy Duck is metalic black with a white wing patch and red wattles. I would imagine the white ones are the result of interbreeding with barnyard ducks.

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    Here's a full body view of the female (if I am remembering correctly, the male was almost coal black and the female was more bronze in color.) What I'm wondering is why would they be in a suburban lake in the middle of Kansas City, Missouri? I've lived here all my life and never seen them at any lake before. Spring migration maybe?

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    Octavio Campos Salles
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    That's a domesticated Muscovy. It's a hybrid with some other domesticated races. It was probably introduced there...

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