4/19/2023 0 Comments Goose goose duck vulture![]() ![]() Many mallard/green-wing hybrids will have a chestnut brown mallard-like breast and yellow bill. This duck usually takes on the smaller profile of a teal (though this particular bird looks to be the size of a mallard) with other recognizable mallard characteristics in the coloring. This is of the more unique waterfowl hybrids because of the difference in size between the two birds. ![]() Green-wing Teal/Mallard The mallard/green-wing hybrid is truly unique. Snow Goose/Specklebelly Be on the lookout for hybrids in big flocks of snows and specklebellies. It is one of the factors that has contributed to the decline in mallard populations in the Atlantic flyway, and why the limit was reduced to two birds in 2019. Genetically authentic greenheads are also struggling because of breeding with game-farm mallards. Mallards have been breeding out black ducks in the Atlantic flyway for some time now (the black duck population has been in decline since the mid-1900s). The presence of a white bar border on the speculum (found on drake mallards) varies from bird-to-bird. Max McCarthy/įound mostly in the Atlantic flyway, this mallard-black duck took on a slight green shading in the head and a darker, black duck-like body. Mallard/Black Duck Target the Atlantic Flyway to have your best chance at a mallard/black duck hybrid. It took on the body characteristics and coloring of a gadwall, while the head and bill resemble a wigeon. Both species are beautiful birds in the late season, though this particular hybrid looks a bit drab. They either decoy right away or churn in circles above you for eternity. Gadwall are a little more stubborn sometimes. A spinning-wing decoy will trick just about any wigeon. I’ve been on a few hunts where we shot all wigeons or all gadwall, and they were some of the most sporty shoots I have been on. Gadwall and wigeon are some of the most under appreciated puddle ducks. Gadwall/Wigeon The body of this hybrid resembles a gadwall, while the color of the head and bill have the characteristics of a wigeon. ![]()
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