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Three of these guys were hanging out with a group of mallards.

looks like a pallard to me. Pallard would be a Pheasant Mallard cross.

nice pic by the way.

wallard
wood duck/mallard

Shallard
Shoveler/mallard

Gonna go with a Hodge-Podge!

a brewer's duck.

The bill,feet,irredescent back looks muscovish to me... Was this in a park or Byo Meto?
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Later DL

I, too, say it is part muscovy.

Denduke wrote:The bill,feet,irredescent back looks muscovish to me...

Ditto

If its not part Muscovy, it's a Summer duck.

What is the scientific name for "summer duck"?

Wingman,

When you say "Summer Duck" are you referring to a Wood Duck (Anas sponsa)? I've seen where a Wood Duck was also called a Summer Duck, but then I've seen people call a Greenhead a Summer Mallard.

Could that be a cross between a Drake Mallard and Hen Wood Duck or vice versa?

I don't know what a summer duck is. However a muscovy is a real duck. Look in a bird guide and you will see a muscovy.

MudHog wrote:Wingman,

Could that be a cross between a Drake Mallard and Hen Wood Duck or vice versa?

this is a cross between a drake mallard, it's sister, a moscovie, a white duck, and there's probably a wood duck in there somewhere too.

There is a whole lot of cross breeding, inbreeding and bread eating going on with that duck.

the only duck i've ever heard with summer in it's title is what we call mottled ducks down south la which is a summer mallard. never heard of a "Summer Duck" but i'm no duck authority, but i did stay in a holiday inn express last night.

MudHog wrote:Wingman,

When you say "Summer Duck" are you referring to a Wood Duck (Anas sponsa)? I've seen where a Wood Duck was also called a Summer Duck, but then I've seen people call a Greenhead a Summer Mallard.

Could that be a cross between a Drake Mallard and Hen Wood Duck or vice versa?