This photo is from the morton arboretum outside of chicago. The birds seemed rather large to be ducks. Could they be immature canada geese? This is my first upload so please excuse any problems with image quality. Thanks
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Don- These look like juvenile Mallards but ducks often hybridize with farm ducks and can be quite large while still retaining the wild-type colouration.
Last edited by John Chardine; 07-14-2009 at 08:25 PM.
Mallard
adult american black duck
Hi Alek (?)- Welcome to BPN and thanks for your post. These are not Black Ducks for a variety of reasons. The bills are not the right colour (should be olive or greenish-yellow) and the head and bodies are too light. Blacks have a overall dark, rather uniform appearance, unlike these.Originally Posted by alekzelbo
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