[TN-Bird] Mottled duck info

From: <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:29:03 -0500
TN-birders,

Jeff brought up a very good point with the Mottled Duck that he recently
found in Memphis for a 1st-state record. This bird was very dark, very
likely from the western race 'maculosa'. Jeff came out with some
fantastic photos of the bird, especially considering the conditions he
was working with. People that are familiar with the nominate race from
Florida and the eastern gulf coast could very easily overlook this bird
from a distance due to its darkness. The eastern birds (which I have
slight experience with in FL and AL) remind me more of a female Mallard,
while the TX birds (which I also have slight experience with) tend to be
closer in overall color to a Black Duck. Most field guides, especially
the old classics, don't show Mottled anywhere near as dark as these
western birds get.

For anyone wanting to explore this further, in addition to Jeff's shots
he has posted, I ran across a series of excellent shots of the 1st
record Mottled from North Dakota earlier this year. These shots, along
with Jeff's, give a great look at Mottled Ducks. The link is:
http://www.geocities.com/grandcitiesbirdclub/ImageIndexPage.html . I
have also added a shot of a couple of dark Mottled's from TX on my
website, this is with the shot of the Memphis bird in the "Uncommon to
rare local birds (vol. 3)" album at:
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&ext=1&groupid=116215&c
k

Good birding, and I hope this bird allows a few others to see it while
it visits the Volunteer State!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
Carroll Co.
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&ext=1&groupid=116215&c
k



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