Another Black vs. Mottled Question......Sunflower Co.

[Locked Up]

Sorry for the crappy pictures, off I-phone.........The color spec looks different than the mottled that I shot last year.

[Locked Up]

Picture of the Mottled Shot last year

[redneck22ms]

i'd say its a black or black/mallard cross. 2nd one is definitely a mottled

[teul2]

you have a black
have a good day

[Chuckle12]

"The Black duck is the wisest of all ducks. Anyone killing them consistently or in great numbers is either lying or cheating." - Unknown frustrated waterfowler

[hillhunter]

I killed my first black this year. A pair came in and my buddy shot the male, I got the female. Both of those are going on the wall!

[Blackduck]

Beautiful black. Great mask on him/her. It is not uncommon to have a bit of white on the tiP of the speculum

[BLOOD DOG]

I hunted some guys from Maryland a couple weeks ago and they claim that black ducks are their main kills up there. Way more common than mallards. Go figure.

[hillhunter]

Yea they are more common along the east coast.

[GulfCoast]

The first one has black duck written all over it.

[rsfavor]

Passed these photos on to some ornithologists at LSU. They think it may be a black x mallard hybrid. Do you still have it?

[Champdog21]

[rsfavor]

The LSU guys asked. I think they would like to take a closer look before definitively saying it is a hybrid.

[mlj300]

Black