Duck ID - Shenandoah Valley, Virginia pond (1 Viewer)

[MiddleRiver]

LH are a pair of Northern Shovelers but RH duck is puzzling me. A Teal (Blue-winged or even stray Cinammon)? Hybrid?

Edit: added 2nd (poor) photo. Bill and OA size look wrong for Teals, but not quite right for Shoveler? Dunno...

 

[Bewick]

looks just like a juvenile male to me

 

[MiddleRiver]

looks just like a juvenile male to me

I think you're prob correct. Something just looked 'off'.

 

[Butty]

A Teal (Blue-winged or even stray Cinammon)?

One of those. Not northern shoveler - check the bill-shape.

 

[THE_FERN]

Surely blue-winged teal?

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

One of those. Not northern shoveler - check the bill-shape.

seems large to me for Bluewing in comparison to the shovelers and a high bill near base + bill shape looks odd for bluewing ... a case might be made for hybrid here- but for definite ID I thinkwe should see more pictures, never mind how bad

 

[MiddleRiver]

seems large to me for Bluewing in comparison to the shovelers and a high bill near base + bill shape looks odd for bluewing ... a case might be made for hybrid here- but for definite ID I thinkwe should see more pictures, never mind how bad

Something is 'off' for me regardless... I wish I had taken more photos. At the time I didn't register that it was not quite 'right' for a Shoveler female. I'll venture back out and see if they are around tomorrow but it's a long shot.
What did we ever do w/out photos BITD! lol

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

BWT x Shoveler, a known hybrid combination.

 

[birdmeister]

I'm not an expert on female BW Teal x Shoveler, but the bird in question does seem to have a plain face with rich brown tones. I'm not sure how you'd rule out a rare Cinnamon Teal hybrid in these pictures.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

I'm not an expert on female BW Teal x Shoveler, but the bird in question does seem to have a plain face with rich brown tones. I'm not sure how you'd rule out a rare Cinnamon Teal hybrid in these pictures.

I wouldn´t