Cheshire Birder
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This is not my video, but any thoughts as to the ID of the duck - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33J2ZgknDA
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Strange duck, Cheshire? (1 Viewer)
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stevethehydra
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An old Birdforum thread about what is presumably the same bird here: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=141303
I wouldn't normally doubt Joern Lehmus as he (along with Dave Appleton) is probably one of the best experts on anseriform hybrids out there, but I have to say I don't really see much to indicate Eider in this bird - it seems (from the video) to be very close in jizz/structure to pure Shelducks. Maybe a little stockier, but then most other Tadorna species, and particularly Paradise, also seem to be slightly stockier/less lanky than Common Shel...
If you still post on Birdforum - Joern, do you still think the same about this bird as you did 5 years ago?
I wouldn't normally doubt Joern Lehmus as he (along with Dave Appleton) is probably one of the best experts on anseriform hybrids out there, but I have to say I don't really see much to indicate Eider in this bird - it seems (from the video) to be very close in jizz/structure to pure Shelducks. Maybe a little stockier, but then most other Tadorna species, and particularly Paradise, also seem to be slightly stockier/less lanky than Common Shel...
If you still post on Birdforum - Joern, do you still think the same about this bird as you did 5 years ago?
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