Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
This bird loves the coastal zone along the Gulf of Mexico. Looking similar to female Mallards, Mexican Ducks or American Black Ducks, they sometimes will hybridize with them, especially with the more sexually aggressive Mallards. Such interbreeding poses a threat to the future of these ducks.
Mottled Ducks in south Florida, sometimes called the Florida Duck, are a different subspecies than those living along the gulf from Louisiana to Tobasco, Mexico. Most of these ducks do not migrate far from the shores along the Gulf of Mexico.
Mottled Duck(Anas fulvigula) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:20 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: MottledDuck_D500934-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mottled Duck(Anas fulvigula) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:29 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 360 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: MottledDuck_D501156-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mottled Duck(Anas fulvigula) |
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Description: Mottled Ducks are common along the gulf coast of the USA and Mexico. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 9:39 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/1000 |
File Name: MottledDuck_D500069-South-Padre |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mottled Duck(Anas fulvigula) |
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Description: Bright bill on this bird suggests it is an adult male. Mottled Ducks look quite like American Black Ducks, but these birds prefer the Gulf Coast, while the Black Duck stays close to the Atlantic seaboard. My second full day on South Padre Island, Texas was less birdy than my first day, but still I met some great birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:02 10:58 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/1250 |
File Name: MottledDuck_D502283-South-Padre |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mottled Duck(Anas fulvigula) |
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Description: The olive drab bill on this bird suggest it is an adult female. Mottled Ducks look quite like American Black Ducks, but these birds prefer the Gulf Coast, while the Black Duck stays close to the Atlantic seaboard. My second full day on South Padre Island, Texas was less birdy than my first day, but still I met some great birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:02 10:59 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/2500 |
File Name: MottledDuck_D502292-South-Padre |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mottled Duck(Anas fulvigula) |
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Description: Mottled Ducks are common along the gulf coast of the USA and Mexico. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 8:25 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: MottledDuck_D509596-South-Padre |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mottled Duck(Anas fulvigula) |
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Description: Mottled Ducks are common along the gulf coast of the USA and Mexico. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 8:25 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: MottledDuck_D509598-South-Padre |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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