Mottled?

[rnelson5]

A friend of mine sent this to me and I have a hard time with mottled and blacks, but I think everyone is leaning towards mottled. I know some of you coastal guys have seen a lot more of them than I have. What is your take?

 

[GSURugger]

young mottled. white tips at bottom of the speculum suggest that. more mature mottled would normally have a more defined white strip.

 

[cracker4112]

Yep. Mottled.

 

[dfhooked]

mottled

 

[DRBugman85]

Mottled

 

[rnelson5]

Well mottled it is. This was not shot on the coast. You just never know what may show up.

 

[flatsmaster]

It's unanimous!!!!

 

[Triple BB]

first one of these i have ever seen that ended productively. good job guys. congrats on mottled duck

 

[MudDucker]

Either a hybrid or a young mottle. Everything else says mottle other than the small white patch.

 

[27metalman]

It's most certainly a duck.

 

[DRBugman85]

No white on the wings speculum

 

[kevbo3333]

Black ducks wings are more blue vs the greenish wing of that mottled. Either way that's a good looking bird that's hard to kill due to them not responding to decoys and calling very well

 

[Bwright]

Black duck. A mottle ducks wing will carry more brown checkering in the wings like the body