This duck (nicknamed Darth Vader) is reported irregularly in our area for more than two years. At first we believed it is a hybrid of some Aythya duck (light colored eye on dark head), but later settled on male hybrid of Aix sponsa x Anas platyrhynchos (he feeds by up-ending and readily joins groups of mallards).
Now we have a picture where he is standing on ice on frozen Danube, and his feet are also visible. Are they giving more clues to his origin? The beak also has an unusual hue/pattern. (In eclipse he was much greyer).
Now we have a picture where he is standing on ice on frozen Danube, and his feet are also visible. Are they giving more clues to his origin? The beak also has an unusual hue/pattern. (In eclipse he was much greyer).
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