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Pirate name: Poncy Henry Goodfellow

• Apr 23, 2004

• #1

Can anyone tell me what these ducks are? I know the one on the right, but could use some help on the other...

Mike

 

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• Apr 23, 2004

• #2

So could the artist. Looks like our old friend the farmyard Mallard.

 

weather

Pirate name: Poncy Henry Goodfellow

• May 2, 2004

• #3

The one on the right I think is a Pintail.

Mike

 

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alcedo.atthis

Well-known member

• May 2, 2004

• #4

Weather
Can anyone tell me what these ducks are? I know the one on the right, but could use some help on the other...

Mike

Mike, the Pintail would be correct, but without a side view of the left's one head, it could be 1 of 3 non hybridised, or any of numerous hybrids.
Regards

Malky.

 

weather

Pirate name: Poncy Henry Goodfellow

• May 2, 2004

• #5

alcedo.atthis said:

Weather
Can anyone tell me what these ducks are? I know the one on the right, but could use some help on the other...

Mike

Mike, the Pintail would be correct, but without a side view of the left's one head, it could be 1 of 3 non hybridised, or any of numerous hybrids.
Regards

Malky.

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That's weird. Why would someone take the time and effort to sculptor a hybrid?...I think you're right though!

Mike

 

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Beverlybaynes

Mod Squad

• May 2, 2004

• #6

Maybe the artist just liked the looks of the bird!

The Pintail is gorgeous, BTW!

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• May 3, 2004

• #7

Left bird suggests Bahama Pintail (aka White-cheeked Pintail) to me - a popular species in tame wildfowl collections

Michael

 

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• May 3, 2004

• #8

Can't see it myself. I still think he was just sculpting "a duck".

 

Joern Lehmhus

Well-known member

• May 3, 2004

• #9

What about a RedCrestedPochard male in non breeding plumage for the left one? Brownish head with white cheeks suggests this as another possibility; as it doesn´t have a pointed tail...
though I ´d readily admit that it also doesn´t really fit very well for that...

 

Rasmus Boegh

BF member

• May 4, 2004

• #10

As indicated by different people in the above threads: Right looks like male Northern Pintail. Left looks like White-cheeked Pintail. The red and black bill also fits that species, unlike Red-crested Pochards. There also seem to be a dark patch on the wing. Having said that, one of the great things about being an artist is that you have some liberty. You don't have to depict things exactly like they are...

 

Last edited: May 4, 2004

weather

Pirate name: Poncy Henry Goodfellow

• May 4, 2004

• #11

Thanks everyone for the help. Especially to Rasmus, for reminding me that even nature artists can have a little liberty with how they see the world. I love abstract art, and anyone who has seen the pics I have posted can tell you. I don't know why I forgot this fundamental idea.

Mike