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Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x acuta) (1)
- Reported Mar 07, 2025 09:40 by Silvia Echeverria
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Carpinteria US-CA 34.40089, -119.52932Lop, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.529335&<ll...>,-119.529335 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S217112930 - Comments: "Birding with the Audubon Santa Barbara group at Santa Monica Creek by the railroad tracks. 40 Mallards, American, Coots, and a female and male Pintail on the concrete portion of the creek, where the railroad tracks goes over the creek. A Mallard and Pintail mix duck observed on the concrete wash under the railroad tracks by the chain-link fence. Blue bill with black stripe down the middle. Mallard green head with white neck ring, Buffy brown breast. Upturned brown and white curled tail, and yellow-brown feet rather than orange. Photos and videos taken."
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