Blue Billed Mallard

[SHREK LITE]

From my friend Barry - you make the call - the mallard was 100% normal except for the bill

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l96/SHREKHUNTER/bluebillmallard2.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l96/SHREKHUNTER/bluebillmallard1.jpg

[kevin coats]

wow thats pretty strange. he proboly likes hen blue bills better than hen of his own kind:D

[Cory Johnson]

That is pretty kool looking.

[PEI Duck Guy]

Strange , but cool looking... is he getting it mounted?

[David Rearick]

That is pretty strange, but pretty neat as well. It would fit nicely on the purple headed mallard I posted PICS of in the photo section.

[Craig Boyd]

That's pretty neat looking.

[Bull Island]

I am glad to at least see that I wasn't seeing things.:confused: That is a very cool looking bird.

[Mallardbreath]

You weren't hunting the cooling ponds at a nuke plant were you?

[duckhunter25hp]

possibly a slight mix with a pintail.

[Swampy]

possibly a slight mix with a pintail.


I was thinking that as well...either way a neat bird fo sure..congrats!

[Richnkwack]

I've shot a mallard/pintail hybrid and the bill looked just like that.
http://www.hunt101.com/img/351531.JPG (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=351531&c=500&z=1)

-Mark Wood

[Kyle Boyd]

Thats pretty interesting there! I'd think it be a mallard pintail hybird but the body doesn't show it but nice shot!

[Fiebes]

great work, havnt seen anything like that before. congats!

[Joe Fladeland]

Very cool. The bill hints at a pintail/mallard cross but it's all Mallard except for that. The bill is also very similar to a Bluebill but that is a very unlikely hybrid.

[CurrituckBoy]

Very neat

Michael

[SHREK LITE]

I asked Barry for some details about this duck.

It was shot in Alberta by one of his clients. Barry is a Waterfowl Guide with Black Dog Outfitters ( http://www.blackdogoutfitters.ca/) just East of Edmonton. AB.

The day it was shot there were 2 biologists in camp from California. They both confirmed that they have seen this before ( actual birds in hand) and that it is just a strange color phase that the mallards some times get.

The client did take it home to get mounted.

Shrek

[Zach Byron]

I was thinking that as well...either way a neat bird fo sure..congrats!
I was thinking that or possibly a widgeon...the drakes have blue bills...but anyway...thats really interesting

[Zach Byron]

Pintails do not have that chestnut/rust on their chest...its a widgeon cross...

[HeatherReddemann]

Very cool and unique!

[Aaron Hitchins]

That is a pretty interesting looking Mallard, I have a feeling it is a genetic anomoly and not a crossbreeding between species because I think that hybrid birds are unable to reproduce and that duck does not look like a first generation hybrid. A cool looking duck nonetheless!

Aaron

[joesac]

Cool looking duck!

[Culley Wilson]

I love seeing the photos of varigated ducks. Keep them coming!

[quacksmacker]

I have shot two mallard/pintail hybrids and they had a mallard head, with the little swoosh that the pintails have in their neck and they both had sprigs. I got em both mounted, I will see if I can get some picks up on here.