white mallard?

[Ybone]

While hunting with my son on opener we saw a completely white duck, except for the bill and legs, flying with a flock of mallards. Several groups of hunters shot at the flock and dropped some of the other ducks in the flock but the white one is still flying as far as I know. It must be an albino mallard but it looked a lot like the white domestic ducks you see at county fairs.

[pocketknife]

Im kinda new to this site and really like duck hunting so this moring I was looking back at some early posts. Just wanted to mention that about 4-5 years ago I used to feed mallards in my front yard in metro area Crystal,Mn (I could say some cool stuff about that) any way one year very early in the spring still lots of snow on the ground there it was a white mallard, I wish I had a camera, it was like you said all white except bill and legs, it was a mallard I couldnt quit looking at it. It must have been migrating north, never saw it again.

[SIMCOX28]

My neighbor has one mounted on his wall. He talked to the DNR and a biologist about the why's and how's of this. They told him that it has to do with the incubation period of the egg. When the egg gets to warm it will produce a duckling that has both male and female gene make-up. This than "confuses" the coloring mechinism in the bird. What you end up with is a duck the is a "white" more towards a lack of color rather than white in color.

Terry

[hattrk4me]

Its called a "Blonde Mallard", obviously very rare. I saw one this year too just south of Mahnomen.

[Banger]

I was in Southern MN this past weekend for Christmas and saw a white Mallard also. From a distance it looked like an Albino, but when I approched closer, it didn't have the pinkish feet or eyes. It must have been a drake because it had a couple of white curly tails. Also, in the same group of ducks, there was a hen that was noticably lighter in color then the rest. It was a sight!

[LovenLifeGuy]

I live near the rum river in anoka and one has been hanging out on the river for about a month along with all the hundreds of other mallards. I got a digital camera for christmas so I will try and get a shot.

[GRH]

I just returned from Arizona. I saw one completly white mallard and 4 others that were partially white but still had the markings on the wings, and some other colors showed up around the body. Thought it was wierd and was wondering what would cause this.

[Esoxmn]

Could it be a cross breed with a farm duck?

[icedogg]

All of the white mallards that I have ever seen are cross breed. Do you have any pics.?

[GRH]

sorry no pics.

[bassNspear]

Im sure that is a pretty bird?

[ikeslayer]

This has been discussed on a few other forums that i am apart of. There is pictures on that site however i think it is minnesotawaterfowler.com that has the pics any way go there and do a search for it i know they have had pics of one in the past. They look awesome. i missed a drake mallard that had white wing tips this passed year. i kinda rushed it and pulled up to early cause i was so gitty to get it and i missed it. any way. that is all i know about white mallards

ike