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Name the bird

F@ces · 2013-06-04 12:29:39

Hi, Found this guy outside my apartment block one Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago (at about 8am) when I was letting my cats out (I obviously had to make a change on that plan when I saw him/her!). Unbelievably tame - came over to me, allowed me to pet it, a lovely animal :) Stupid question time - is it a duck, a…

04-06-2013 1:29pm

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F@ces

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Hi,

Found this guy outside my apartment block one Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago (at about 8am) when I was letting my cats out (I obviously had to make a change on that plan when I saw him/her!). Unbelievably tame - came over to me, allowed me to pet it, a lovely animal

Stupid question time - is it a duck, a goose, or what?

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#2 04-06-2013 1:41pm

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It looks like a domestic Muscovy Duck.

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#3 04-06-2013 2:19pm

F@ces

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Chucken wrote: »

It looks like a domestic Muscovy Duck.

That's what I had thought after some googling, but what put me off that was "a blackish or dark red knob can be seen at the bill base" - albeit you could argue he/she has a small one visible. Thanks btw!

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