[Mnbird] Mallard or Gadwall?

[Jim Fitzpatrick]

I say it is a gadwall. A female Mallard will have a blue square in the wing
pattern and gadwalls have mostly brown plumage and a greyish tail .
Adult females have a black tail end going a little up the back.

Jim Fitzpatrick

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:18 AM DONALD GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> The white on the tail indicates hen mallard to me. I wish I could see the
> bill better.
>
>
> Don Grussing
>
> Minnetonka
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>
> On Mon, 9 Jan, 2023 at 8:14 AM, Paul Lender via Mnbird <
> mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
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> To: mnbird; mou-net at lists.umn.edu
> Cc: lender at umn.edu
> Please look at the far right.   I've included the Canvasback, Ring-neck,
> and L. Scaup for size comparisons.  I'm calling her a Mallard for now, but
> the bright orange bill is suspicious, plus I think she's a bit small.[image:
> gadwall_maybe.jpg]
>
> Point Douglas, Washington County, 8 January 2023, 14:30.
>
> -- Paul Lender
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