Wild variations of banded and hybrid ducks
Banded, Bonding
Bands and GPS transmitter devices deployed on ducks provide invaluable insight into their travels, as well as feeding data into waterfowl management models.
Airborne
Rare ducks are captured mid-flight.
A mallard and gadwall pairing
A pintail and green-wing teal offspring
A Northern shoveler and gadwall hybrid
A banded blue-wing teal
A pintail and mallard hybrid cross flies with its flock.
Mixed Company
A blue-wing teal and northern shoveler hybrid sits serenely on the water, below.
Hybrids of American black ducks and mallards
A gadwall and mallard mix
Duck, Duck, Goose
A blue phase Ross’s goose is a rare color variation within the Ross’s goose species, shown below. While most Ross’s geese are white with black wingtips, similar to snow geese, the blue phase exhibits a dark gray or bluish-gray plumage, with a white head and upperwing coverts. This color morph is extremely rare, with estimates suggesting it occurs in less than 1% of the Ross’s goose population.
A greater whitefronted goose and snow goose hybrid stands with a gaggle.
