Lately, I have seen a sparrow type bird among a flock of sparrows with a redorange head and back. Then they started mating with coyotes, and have been absorbed by the coyote type of canine. In Texas, the red wolf population was decimated due to shrinking habitat as well as ranchers shooting them to protect their livestock. Also, I have seen many reports of wild bird hybrids and mammal hybrids. Try the "Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World" by Eugene M. I was wondering if the hybrids would be able to migrate (fly the distance) with the flock of geese, since mallards do not migrate as far as I know. They were all in one flock, and Canadian geese are known to seasonally inhabit that park as well as pure mallard ducks. I have never seen any Canadian geese that have green heads (they are black, white, and brown). I found your article after going to a local park in North Texas and seeing a flock of Canadian geese, but some of them had green heads just like mallard ducks. Where will these gucks fit in the food chain or water cycle, and even more important questions arise such as: When gucks get cold do they get guck bumps? Will water roll off of a guck's back? Will preschool children have to start playing a new multicultural version game called Duck Guck Goose? The 'other' box doesn't seem appropriate either. What box would a guck check for species? Most official forms and documents have not yet added "guck" as an official species, so gucks must choose one of the other less descriptive boxes. I am concerned that this will soon follow in the water foul realm. So far I know of none that are due to species-ism, or prejudice against another species. Sometimes this is due to territorial issues, competition, or one simply tastes good to the other. Guck Concern # 1: Blurring of the linesĬonflicts have occurred throughout history between differing species of animals. And as innocent as their intentions of keeping warm were, we now have to deal with all sorts of moral and ethical dilemmas. After all, it's not their fault that their brains are the size of an almond. ![]() ![]() Some duck and goose hooked up because they were lonely and didn't really think the whole thing through. Lately the ducks and geese have not been migrating to Canada anymore, giving them more time to be "friendly" with each other in the long cold Indiana winter months, when they aren't busy crapping all over our yards. In fact we now have evidence that they may have gotten a little too friendly. Until now, ducks and geese have lived fairly harmoniously together in this world. Possible names for that creature are chuck and dicken. ![]() ![]() When I was a kid I saw what looked like a chicken-duck at the park. In case you are confused the "g" comes from goose. Maybe I shouldn't say that the guck is coming out. Now I am blowing the whistle on the whole conspiracy and forcing the guck to come out. I have done web research and none of the ducks that frequent Indiana look like these guys. I finally was able to snap off a couple of pictures to back up my crazy story, and to try to seek some kind of knowledge from the experts. Just to give myself some credibility I have had several ducks as pets growing up, so I am familiar with what most ducks look like.
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