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Looked at the picture again. Olive yellow beak with no black mottling still indicates drake to me. Hens are more yellow-orange and almost always mottled black.

Still, there's no indication of green breaking out in the head, its mighty late in the Fall so I could be wrong...Geo

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Its a hen.

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You can get into a lot of trouble shooting transgender ducks in most states. Worst would be California where they make you eat tofu for a month as punishment.

Ive seen a lot of hybrid ducks which I thought at first this might be one but if it is a hybrid its 1/1024 like Senator Pocahontas.

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I'm sorry Owen, but you are going to have to take your duck to a veterinarian to solve this difference of opinion over whether its a boy or a girl. Good thing its a mallard because they're one of the very few ducks with observable genitalia...Geo

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Could be a cross between a black (duck) and a mallard. That could account for the greenish yellow bill and the coloration of the neck and head feathers. A black drake's bill is greenish/yellow. The coloration is much more mallard hen than black duck, IMO. But, you never know how those crosses come out.

Here's my black drake for comparison. The bill is actually much more greenish than it appears in this pic.



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Stan, the presence of Black Ducks is a thing of the past in this area. I remember the late season Black Ducks with red legs being fairly common here on the coast. The emergence of the Mottled Duck falls short in replacing those Black Ducks.

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Yes it is, Gil. I took that one in AR several years ago. AFAIK I have never seen one here in GA in my lifetime. Yet, my Grandaddy drifted the Savannah River for ducks in the 20s, 30s and 40s and told me of seeing many, many black ducks.

Blacks are special to me. They represent something that I cannot quite put a finger on. A time past. Kinda like the special place the few coveys of wild bobs here hold. I think I just identify with them, in a way. I feel like an artifact myself, but I'm okay with it.

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I have only seen a few over here. The first time I forgot I was holding a shotgun.

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Uh, It is already dead.
No o,e would complain if he took a peak inside.
Just sayin'.


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This is a mallard hen close to full plumage. By no means is it a drake. I grew up and still hunt in pot hole Saskatchewan where these ducks are bred and born and I hunt them in the fall. I get all sorts of ducks that are not in full plumage and difficult to identify but over time we get better at it.

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