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    Default Gadwall?

    Can you help me with the id of this bird. My guess is a male Gadwall, but I'm not even sure of the sex. Are they both the same species and sex?

    If it helps, the photo was recently taken near Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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    Yup, both male gadwall. The white speculum (the part of the wing that is blue in Mallards) in a dabbling duck is diagnostic for Gadwall. In good light these are very dashing looking ducks.

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    Easy to ID if you just move front to back. Black bill, brown head, gray body, black butt = male Gadwall.

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    Thanks for the confirmation.

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