[EBB Sightings] FW: Poodle Duck

you da man

--- Bruce Mast  wrote:

> 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
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com
> [mailto:sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf
> Of Hilary Powers
> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 4:00 PM
> To: ebbsightings
> 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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