Date: 4/5/26 8:18 pm
From: HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hybrid ducks - different perspective
There is a neat Facebook page that documents lots of these hybrids. Pictures of the dusk and what the genetic analysis says.


Hal Michael
Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)
Olympia WA
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> On 04/04/2026 9:05 PM PDT John Riegsecker via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> Thanks to Martha for the link to the very interesting article on the duckDNA project. I thought it was interesting that the bird identified as the offspring of a northern shoveler and a blue-winged teal × cinnamon teal hybrid was banded. I did some more research and found it was sick and rehabbed for a year in Nevada before being released back to the wild and killed in California.
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> On 4/3/2026 9:51 AM, Martha Jordan via Tweeters wrote:
> > There are many reports of hybrid ducks, and it seems to be
> > increasing. This is an article from Ducks Unlimited regarding hybrid
> > ducks in the waterfowl hunting community. Hybrids are out there and
> > science is looking into it. Hope this link works.
> >
> > https://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-research-science/
> > understanding-waterfowl-fascinating-hybrids?utm_campaign=39687760-
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> > <https://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-research-science/
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> > IP%20Warming&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_i0p-
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> > Martha Jordan Everett, WA
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