Does anyone else want to share some pictures of drakes comparing their eclipse and nuptial plumage variations?
This is my Call drake, Jax, over the last few months.
Editing to add quotes from later in this thread with links to articles on this subject.:
This is my Call drake, Jax, over the last few months.
Editing to add quotes from later in this thread with links to articles on this subject.:
Here is a picture I found:
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mallard_getting_eclipse_plumage.jpg
Now...as my duck is a pekin there is no color change in his feathers, but I will post a pic cuz who does not want to see little jeffery????
Read this link:
https://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2017/08/ducks-molt-too.html
I posted this link in the message above.
I apologize if this is the same lol that was already posted. . I didn't go back and look
http://www.ducks.org/conservation/w...ence/understanding-waterfowl-the-amazing-molt
Here is another good explanation of molting in ducks: https://104homestead.com/duck-molting/
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