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The Mad Viking CH.com Sponsor Offline Always Look on The Bright Side of Life Posts: 3583 Oslo, Norway Gender:	2 pics Sep 13^th, 2015 at 3:58pm Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Its kind of strange that these 2 pics is the same bird or what?
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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #1 - Sep 13^th, 2015 at 5:04pm Guessing one is the male and one the female? With the male being the brightly coloured one at the top.
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AussieBrian CH.com Hall of Famer Offline CH - It's all in your head! Posts: 3851 Cairns, Qld, Australia Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #2 - Sep 13^th, 2015 at 11:29pm My guess is grebe with the male on top, maybe in nuptial plumage. They'd go well with a heavier dinner ale.
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The Mad Viking CH.com Sponsor Offline Always Look on The Bright Side of Life Posts: 3583 Oslo, Norway Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #3 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 2:02am both are male and the same bird
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Reply #4 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 2:44am

Fantastic photos Svenn... I suspect the Mandarin duck in gray plumage is a hen... There is a species of gray male Mandarine ducks but they have a big top knot of head feathers... the hens don't.

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The male molts the bright breeding plumage and starts looking like a hen... There are still some tell tail male plumage characteristics like the blue around the hackles and wing highlights.

However after closer examination, Svenn is correct... The male Mandarin duck in eclipse plumage retains his orange bill... The female Mandarin ducks have a gray or dark colored bill in all the photos I pulled up.

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MDR CH.com Old Timer Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 265 Elysburg Pa. Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #5 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 2:51am What I think he is saying is they are the same duck {Its kind of strange that these 2 pics is the same bird or what?} Mark.
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The Mad Viking CH.com Sponsor Offline Always Look on The Bright Side of Life Posts: 3583 Oslo, Norway Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #6 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 2:57am we did ask the vet university about this and they did say its the same bird.youth With eclipse suit and one as adult
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MDR CH.com Old Timer Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 265 Elysburg Pa. Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #7 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 3:27am got it Mark
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Mark Olson CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 142 San Jose, CA Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #8 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 1:12pm My first thought was it's a cross dresser... Maybe it's the famous Jenner duck.
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #9 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 6:22pm The first one looks so good that at first I wondered if it was a decoy. Beautiful
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Marc CH.com Old Timer Offline Posts: 429 TX Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #10 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 8:17pm Mark Olson wrote on Sep 14^th, 2015 at 1:12pm: My first thought was it's a cross dresser... Maybe it's the famous Jenner duck. LOL
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BarbaraD CH.com Alumnus Offline Hugs to ya Posts: 8333 Douglasville, TX Gender:	Re: 2 pics Reply #11 - Sep 15^th, 2015 at 10:07am Marc wrote on Sep 14^th, 2015 at 8:17pm: Mark Olson wrote on Sep 14^th, 2015 at 1:12pm: My first thought was it's a cross dresser... Maybe it's the famous Jenner duck. LOL
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