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Help in identifying these birds

  • 19-10-2008 7:04pm
    #1
    irl22
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    Hi All

    I'm new to bird watching. I was doing ok up to now when I found these birds (see attached photos).

    In the first pic there are three Mallards in the background but I'm not sure about the birds in the foreground

    Can anyone identify them?


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  • #2
    John Griffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭John Griffin


    irl22 wrote: »
    Hi All

    I'm new to bird watching. I was doing ok up to now when I found these birds (see attached photos).

    In the first pic there are three Mallards in the background but I'm not sure about the birds in the foreground

    Can anyone identify them?

    Domestic ducks and mallard cross , more pure looking Mallard in the background.


  • #3
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    +1


  • #4
    boneless
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭boneless


    Yep... they look like hybrids all right. There are a few in UCD on the lake. Late oe evening in bad light I was convinced I could see shellduck :P!


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