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 > > [log in to unmask] > > > -- Paul H. Dubuc, Validation Consultant (609) 356-9517 cell (201) 222-2720 office (800) 458-2634 fax [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]