A tongue sample will be sent to leveretsky for genetic testing.
It will be interesting to see what it turns up.
A tongue sample will be sent to leveretsky for genetic testing.
It will be interesting to see what it turns up.
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Well that’s neat as heck…it’s also intriguing to me how varied in looks this hybrid can be
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Wow, very cool! Congrats Scott.
I would love to know what he sounds like
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Interesting combo. Congrats
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Last edited by Glenn; 12-26-2023 at 09:54 AM.
Cool bird, dumb question but would testing show if it is predominantly woodie or mallard and the corresponding percentage of genetic makeup? Also curious with non migratory mallards hanging around with wood ducks is there a higher chance to get more hybridization then say with two migratory birds?
Not a dumb question.
1. It can only be 50/50 given that hybrid offspring between woodies and mallards are sterile.
2. Most of our local "summer duck" wood ducks migrate out to South GA, with the bulk heading to North FL for the winter.
3. Our "summer ducks" are usually back up here to us by March, giving tamie mallards ample time to breed with them, but there's equally a chance that this bird has northeast parents mating anywhere from Ohio to upstate NY.
I'm sure that tamies mate with our summer ducks far more than we know.
But I would speculate that in that instance, said offspring would migrate to North Florida with their mother, and our best chances at a hybrid mallard/woodie would come from cross-breeding happening in states north of us.
.......but I was wrong once before.
Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.
Very nice!
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Delta in a nutshell: Breeding grounds + small wetlands + big blocks of grass cover + predator removal + nesting structures + enough money to do the job= plenty of ducks to keep everyone smiling!
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Very cool indeed my friend!
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