Dee At 8 A.M.: Muscovy Ducks

Sunday, February 9, 2025

I am a male Muscovy Duck

My caruncles help me attract a mate

They drive the girl Muscovies wild

(Caruncles are the red warty things on my face.)

Location: Vero Beach Country Club

Sources: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/musduc/cur/identification

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Friday, July 23, 2021

I am a Muscovy-Mallard hybrid

I am the best of two worlds

I have a beautiful, bright green head*

And I am glittery like a little girl.**

* The green head is from the mallard

** The glittery look, or iridescence, is from the Muscovy

Location: A park in the Florida Panhandle

Sources: https://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-research-science/waterfowl-hybrids

Photo and text © 2021 Dee Fairbanks Simpson