Followup on white faced hybrid duck, Adams County

[Mary]

Hi all,

Last Tuesday I posted about seeing an unusual white faced duck in the South Platte River at 88th and Colorado.  I had guessed it might be a ruddy duck-Northern shoveler hybrid.  That was unlikely, as a few people pointed out, since ruddies and shovelers have little in common. The white faced duck was actually a gadwall-shoveler hybrid and has been photographed by several people over the last few years.  John Breitsch sent a link to a great photo of the duck, which he said I could share with the group (https://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/12034050915/in/set-72157616618427148).  I was surprised that a gadwall-shoveler hybrid would have a white face, but apparently this is also the case in a gadwall-mallard hybrid.  

Mary Keithler, unincorporated Arapahoe County
Sent from my iPad