Two Hybrid Diving Ducks at Cunningham Lake, Douglas County

Authors

Joel G. Jorgensen, Nebraska Ornithologists' UnionFollow

Date of this Version

9-1997

Citation

Jorgensen, “Two Hybrid Diving Ducks at Cunningham Lake, Douglas County,” from Nebraska Bird Review (September 1997) 65(3)

Comments

Copyright 1997 Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union. Used by permission.

Abstract

During the spring of 1997 I had the opportunity to observe and study two apparent hybrid diving ducks at Glenn Cunningham Lake, Douglas County. Both birds appeared to be mature males in breeding plumage. One bird was a suspected Redhead x Canvasback hybrid and the other was a suspected Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser hybrid. Sibley (1994) states that both hybrid combinations occur "occasionally."