ML142298761
American Wigeon x American Black Duck (hybrid) Mareca americana x Anas rubripes
Contributor
reilly mccue Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Pond side road
Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - X
Media notes
Off yellow legs and feet
Observation details
Note: This bird has been identified as an American Black Duck x American Wigeon hybrid. This bird was mixed with mallards, mute swans, Canada geese and a few black ducks in a small pool of open water where the current from a culvert has melted the ice. It moved from the waypoint I uploaded to open water approximately 200 yards to south. The mallard like speculum was visible in photos of it flying away. The feet seemed chunkier than widgeon feet and were an off yellow color. I saw and heard it vocalize once and it was a mallard like quack instead of the whistling I have heard from widgeons in the past.
Technical information
- Original file size
- 2.41 MB