Name the species

[Hunt anything]

That was gonna be my next guess, showed it to a retired USFWS waterfowl biologists and he went straight to mottled x mallard. Super cool bird. Keep looking for them on the Alabama gulf coast as we have mottled all year and a few mallards in the winter not to mention the tame park mallards.

 

[sestoppelman]

Naw, thats not it. I told you , its the rare Upper Volta Blue Wing Spur Fowl! Pay attention!

 

[Trogon]

@gizmo can you share the results of the response you received?

 

[gizmo]

@gizmo can you share the results of the response you received?

Well it was really pretty anti climactic. My bird taxidermist Gary has known Collin Campbell and Paul Rymer for years. We sent them pic's and viola. Gary has been a taxidermist for over 40 years himself so we all were taking bets around the shop and sent the pics to settle the argument. I was wrong, I was betting on a black duck hybrid.