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Thursday 5th July 2012, 09:32
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Duck, Bavaria, Germany
I visited Echinger Stausee, north of Munich, earlier this week, and among the 100s of coots and mute swans, was this duck.
I am sorry for the very poor quality of the pictures, taken with my (cr@p) Blackberry through (cr@p) binoculars. It was uniformly dark grey-brown, with a stripe down the middle of its head, but the most striking thing was its bright red bill. I have included the only photo showing the coloration, and also another picture showing its size relative to a swan and a coot (it's the bird in the middle of the triangle made by two swans and a coot). The site is known for red-crested pochard, which is the only red-billed duck I know, but this doesn't seem to quite fit. Any ideas welcomed! |
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Thursday 5th July 2012, 09:42
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Looks very much like a Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis, a duck that breeds in Southernost North, Central and Southern America.
Regards // Jonas
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Thursday 5th July 2012, 10:02
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Thursday 5th July 2012, 11:06
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Wow! I guess an escape is possible... the pictures I have found have some similarities (I have in my notes: "orange legs, brown wings have white middle band when in flight and distinct black tips" although the bird (from memory) seemed greyer, and also maybe a steeper head and thinner bill... but it's a possibility!
One other thing the pictures don't show - the bird stayed fairly closely associated with a mallard duck and ducklings most of the time I was watching. |
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Thursday 5th July 2012, 11:09
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Thursday 5th July 2012, 17:15
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Thursday 5th July 2012, 20:16
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Agree with Black-bellied Whistling Duck / Dendrocygna autumnalis
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