Yeah, it had domesticated written all over it.  Just hoping someone had
enough experience with the Swedish Black to confirm a purebred from those
crap photos and my description.  I've seen escaped Pochard, Mandarin, and
Shel at various times, but I'd never even heard of a Swedish Black.  My
Anas x Anas experience is with standards like Mallard x Black and Mallard x
Teal, and this was too big.  No shortage of domestics around Dayton.

Thanks Matt and Steve.


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Paul Dubuc <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I was fishing in the Mad River this morning in Eastwood Metropark when I
> spotted an odd dabbling duck:
>
> Overall dark (black/dark brown) with a white throat and breast, larger
> than nearby Mallards, with which it was not associating.  Did not see in
> flight.  My first impression was of a mail Northern Pintail, but it was too
> dark and way too large and bulky, without the white spur or any obvious
> pins in the tail, so to speak.
>
> Googling around revealed that female Black Scoter (too short of neck -
> this wasn't a diving duck) and the domesticated Swedish Black were the only
> good matches for the plumage pattern.  But I might be overlooking something.
>
> The bird was seen on the Mad River, about 150 yards west (downstream) of
> the Woodman Drive bridge and was still there at 10:45, when I had to leave.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Blurry iPhone photos:
>
>
> https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-D9lnJpr4uJ0/U-JMihhCkNI/AAAAAAAArxc/QGw3xdXv7mE/w645-h456-no/photo%2B%289%29.JPG
>
>
> https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DqUdsN7HgZY/U-JNI-zW4OI/AAAAAAAArxk/Si5rNCo1sbs/w958-h719-no/photo%2B%2810%29.JPG
>
>
> https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dAl61JVLrf4/U-JOc_JF9gI/AAAAAAAArx0/J1WeX8oS54U/w958-h719-no/photo%2B1%2B%286%29.JPG
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Paul H. Dubuc,
>
> Validation Consultant
> (609) 356-9517 cell
> (201) 222-2720 office
> (800) 458-2634 fax
>
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