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 Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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Its been a while since hunting season, so its been a while since someone shot a duck then asked the question "what is this?" Since everyone enjoys playing this game, i figured i will deal the cards... Check out the redhead looking thing in the middle with all the white on its head. Its bigger than the other redheads too. And came in as a single. Really strange, we counted it as part of our redhead bag, but it had me baffled.   
I like spoonie, his humor is dryer than my duck lease.
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/07/09 07:47 AM
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I dunno, but that haul sure is making me salivate! Yummy yummy...redheads, and buffleheads.
But seriously in that pic is hard to tell, would a widgeon ever cross with a diver?
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/07/09 08:03 AM
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I would just say it's a badly colored red. The bill is the give away to me. Hmmmmm....
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/07/09 08:50 PM
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Either a junvenile or non-plummed out bird. I have harvested them with some white but never that much. I am still looking for a really good one to put on the wall.
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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And now for the twist in the story... This bird was feeding in the bay about 200 yards from us. It stayed there all morning, even while we were shooting. We actually thought it was a decoy. One of the guys went over to pick it up, and it flew off. It flew the 200 yards into our decoy spread and got dumped.
Original thought was a widgeon cross because of the coloring. Then maybe a park duck cross because it was retarded, then concluded it was probably just a stupid redhead. That's why we didn't take any better pics of it.
I like spoonie, his humor is dryer than my duck lease.
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/07/09 10:14 PM
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My vote is for (piebald) Leucistic plummage on the Redhead. Did you happen to see any white or lite colored feathers anywhere else on the bird?
Overheard at my last convention: "If you wanna make a million bucks in taxidermy, start out with 2 million and in 5 years, if you're lucky, you'll have a million left."
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/07/09 10:55 PM
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This is way to easy............. What kind of duck is it; DEAD DUCK!
What do I win????
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05/07/09 11:27 PM
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birdworks, yes, it had white feathers scattered all over its body.
texasheat, you win nothing. thats the great thing about this game. nobody wins anything.
I like spoonie, his humor is dryer than my duck lease.
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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My vote is for (piebald) Leucistic plummage on the Redhead. Did you happen to see any white or lite colored feathers anywhere else on the bird?
Birdworks, Can you explain more about Leucistic plummage? Is that some type of mutation?
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/08/09 12:05 AM
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But seriously in that pic is hard to tell, would a widgeon ever cross with a diver?
not a self respecting widgeon 
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/08/09 12:19 AM
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[quote[Birdworks, Can you explain more about Leucistic plummage? Is that some type of mutation?
Color in birds is produced in two ways. These include pigments (a substance that creates color) or the physical structure of the feathers.
The two main types of pigments – the melanins and lipochromes – produce the various blacks and browns through reds, yellows, greens and violets. There are no blue pigments in feathers. Blues and iridescent colors are the result of fine feather structure in combination with other pigments. A bird’s coloration helps in concealment, recognition, courtship and other social activities.
Sometimes minor plumage color variations occur because of a genetic mutation within the species. One such color variance is a genetic variation known as leucism, also known as partial albinism.
Animals with leucism have reduced pigmentation in their bodies. In waterfowl, leucism most often affects plumage, bill and foot color. Color variation can occur on part or all of the bird and typically happens on both sides of the body. Leucism either is inherited or comes from genetic mutations that occur during development.
Hope this helps. 
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/08/09 12:23 AM
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My vote is for (piebald) Leucistic plummage on the Redhead. Did you happen to see any white or lite colored feathers anywhere else on the bird?
Birdworks, Can you explain more about Leucistic plummage? Is that some type of mutation?
I would like to chim in and break some knowledge off, if you dont ming that it
Leucistic plummage is a mutation that occurs to people that cheer for UT too long, you should burn that degree and and throw out all your burnt orange 
buy you some red and black
Attention rickym, this is not a troll post, just a good hearted fun type of post
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/08/09 01:03 AM
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[quote[Birdworks, Can you explain more about Leucistic plummage? Is that some type of mutation?
Color in birds is produced in two ways. These include pigments (a substance that creates color) or the physical structure of the feathers.
The two main types of pigments – the melanins and lipochromes – produce the various blacks and browns through reds, yellows, greens and violets. There are no blue pigments in feathers. Blues and iridescent colors are the result of fine feather structure in combination with other pigments. A bird’s coloration helps in concealment, recognition, courtship and other social activities.
Sometimes minor plumage color variations occur because of a genetic mutation within the species. One such color variance is a genetic variation known as leucism, also known as partial albinism.
Animals with leucism have reduced pigmentation in their bodies. In waterfowl, leucism most often affects plumage, bill and foot color. Color variation can occur on part or all of the bird and typically happens on both sides of the body. Leucism either is inherited or comes from genetic mutations that occur during development.
Hope this helps.
Yes sir. I don't think you could have explained it any better.
By the way, are those albino ducks at the city park? 
Thanks for the clarification.
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/08/09 01:08 AM
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My vote is for (piebald) Leucistic plummage on the Redhead. Did you happen to see any white or lite colored feathers anywhere else on the bird?
Birdworks, Can you explain more about Leucistic plummage? Is that some type of mutation?
I would like to chim in and break some knowledge off, if you dont ming that it
Leucistic plummage is a mutation that occurs to people that cheer for UT too long, you should burn that degree and and throw out all your burnt orange
buy you some red and black
Dude, are we going to start all ready?
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Re: Lets play "what kind of duck is this?"
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05/08/09 04:25 AM
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But seriously in that pic is hard to tell, would a widgeon ever cross with a diver?
not a self respecting widgeon
Good point, widgeons way too classy to risk contracting the avian flu from some dirty old red-headed tramp.
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