[EBB Sightings] FW: Poodle Duck

The Concord duck is a domestic breed called a Crested Duck. Compare to the
pictures at the website below.

http://www.angelfire.com/country/DOGWOOD/duckpix/crest.html


Bruce Mast
 
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Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 4:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] FW: Poodle Duck

Sharyn F. Galloway wrote:

> 
> Hello birders,
> I know hybrids 'don't count', but we thought this too good to pass up! We
> think it might have been a new coiffure trend among the duck population at
t
> Newall Park, Concord ...
> talk about" genetic variability"!

I hope it's genetic. There's one much like the pic in the Marin civic 
center lagoon, and a handsome brown one in Lake Merritt with a cream 
tam-o-shanter. These ducks act like their fellows - just as active, and 
their heads don't seem heavier than normal, so it's not unreasonable to 
believe the topknot is full of feathers and not a growth of some kind....

Anyone know what causes this?

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