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I tried to take some duck photos from different "angles". The female mallard is diving for the asparagus stems. Joy-Vernon	In this one the Drake is diving for asparagus. Joy-Vernon	And in this photo the couple are both diving! Joy-Vernon
Some of the ducks (and geese) around the White Mountains are "mutants", duck hybrids of domestic ducks & geese. If you see a weird duck a park, walking around on the grass or coming near people, it is probably a domestic duck. Here is a domestic white/wild duck yesterday, April 7, 2010, at Rainbow Lake with a mutant friend. Joy-Vernon	April 7, 2010 Rainbow Lake Joy-Vernon	"Preening at Rainbow Lake" Joy-Vernon
As the self appointed, amateur, "Bird Lady of Vernon", I am guessing this duck is a hybrid, mutant of a wild Mallard and a Polish (domestic) duck. Notice the tuff on feathers on the back of his head. A male, but is he a Mallard Drake or half a drake? Joy-Vernon	Hybrid/Mutant ducks--(the one in the forefront is eating the cooked asparagus stems I was feeding the ducks 4-7-10). The American Coots in the background are not ducks...They don't have webbed feet! The one on the left was diving. Joy-Vernon	It's all a chicken could ever hope for: a brick house. from Colleen
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