Hugh,
-- That seems to be a rare variant of Mallard.
Here are some links. THANKS for you interesting observation.
"Purple" or "Blue" headed Mallards seem to be much less common
than other prevalent color variant,
the "white-headed" birder.
Joe Roller, Denver
On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:26 AM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Can anyone enlighten me and the observers about a male Mallard that seems consistently to show a purple head -- not simply reflected purple that we sometimes see?
Carole & Dan Blake have seen this bird fairly often in the past two weeks. From the picture, the Mallard looks like an ordinary wild Mallard drake - but with this purple head.
Hugh Kingery--
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