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Posted by Alex Harper on 10:43:47 10/24/12
In Reply to: Regarding the new ducks posted by Paul-the-other
Rouen Ducks, like many other ducks, are domesticated Mallard Ducks. They are in fact genetically Mallards, but have been selectively bred to express different traits.
I should add that domestic Mallards especially compete with the native Mottled Duck, even "drowning out" Mottled Duck genes with theirs. Free-ranging Mallards in Florida are almost always always of domesticated origin, and have a negative influence on our native ducks.
Wild Mallards do occur in the state, but most often between November and February at sites in the Panhandle such as St. Mark's NWR.
Alex
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