The Mottled Duck and its mate were observed by multiple viewers this afternoon about 4pm, images here; https://ebird.org/checklist/S106570110
Jennifer Wilson Pines On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 10:45 AM Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > Ernst Mutchnick found what he suspected as a Mottled Duck at Ketcham's > Creek, southwest Suffolk County, on the evening of Tuesday, 5 April. This > is a tricky identification, given hybridization between Mallards and Black > Ducks, and between Mallards and Mottled Ducks, among the varied contenders > among Big Brown Ducks. > > Efforts to re-find it throughout the day on Wed and Thu were unsuccessful, > but this male bird was present (with a female Mallard) this morning, and it > has been visible off and on throughout the morning. > > The bird appears quite typical of the nominate, Florida subspecies, > showing the characteristic black gape mark, a pale face with very fine > streaking on the upper cheek and a clear throat; a very narrow white rear > border to the speculum (and no visible white at the front edge), and no > signs of whiteness or curliness in the tail feathers. > > Photos are available here: > > https://flic.kr/p/2nd8cNZ > > This is a sensitive site with limited streetside parking in a residential > neighborhood. Please be careful and courteous. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- Jennifer Wilson-Pines -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
