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(Message started by: Anguslau on Nov 10^th, 2005, 2:29pm)

Title: Pintail with deformed head??
Post by Anguslau on Nov 10^th, 2005, 2:29pm

To me, the wing pattern and bill shape of this duck seems to indicate that it is a Pintail. But its head looked very strange. Is this just a Pintail with a deformed head or could it be something else? ??? This was imaged on 9/11/2005 at NSW. Thanks! :)

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau_104.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/52055169.jpg

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau_105.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/52055170.jpg

Title: Re: Pintail with deformed head??
Post by JRP on Nov 23^rd, 2005, 4:42am

I took som pictures of a male mallard - anas platyrhyncos in oslo norway with a similar "knob" 21.11.05...

Not in your your part of the woods but still....

You can see the bird here :

http://www.naturnett.org/nofoa/jpgs/vaand.jpg

The site is on norwegian - mallard is called stokkand in norwegian..

Title: Re: Pintail with deformed head??
Post by Anguslau on Nov 25^th, 2005, 3:46pm

Interesting! Thanks, JRP! :)