Yes sir it isWildfowler wrote:She/male
ID this duck
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So it could technically be called a post menopausal duck??????????????Drakeshead wrote:There was a thread on this type of Mallard awhile back on this site. You'll have to do a search for it. From what we taught on that thread, when the hen mallard gets older and stops estrogen production, she starts to exhibit male colors.
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Eg-zachary.novacaine wrote:So it could technically be called a post menopausal duck??????????????Drakeshead wrote:There was a thread on this type of Mallard awhile back on this site. You'll have to do a search for it. From what we taught on that thread, when the hen mallard gets older and stops estrogen production, she starts to exhibit male colors.
Old hen, IMHO.
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Hold the duck upside down by its feet and yell down in between its legs...if it echoes, old hen. There you go.
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'Smigeon'? 
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Exactly.SHANE704 wrote:post a pic of the wing
Refer to the following link:
http://www.flyways.us/surveys-and-monit ... on-surveys
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Hey Higgins your link is screwed upcajun squealer wrote:Exactly.SHANE704 wrote:post a pic of the wing
Refer to the following link:
http://www.flyways.us/surveys-and-monit ... on-surveys
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Well crap. Try this one: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/bird ... allard.htmarduckslayer wrote:Hey Higgins your link is screwed upcajun squealer wrote:Exactly.SHANE704 wrote:post a pic of the wing
Refer to the following link:
http://www.flyways.us/surveys-and-monit ... on-surveys
Look at the white bars above the blue speculum to see if they stop at or extend past the proximal edge.
***Fixed the other link: http://www.flyways.us/surveys-and-monit ... on-surveys
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Re: ID this duck
100%. Old hen mallards (like human females) stop producing the same amount of estrogen as when they are younger. In humans, some old ladies start getting a little facial hair. In mallards specifically, they get a little green on the head, and brown chest. I've seen the with just a slight bit of green on their head, all the way to looking 100% like a drake, with the only exception being that hens will always have the characteristic orange bill. Pheasants also will do this as well. My dad shot one in SD with a colored head, but brown hen body.Chuckle12 wrote:Old hen
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