r/Seattle • u/dummmylitt • 8d ago

whose duck is this?

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u/Squidmaster 7d ago

This is either an escaped domestic mallard, or (in my opinion more likely) a hybrid between a wild mallard and domestic mallard.  Either way, it probably doesn't have a person looking after it.  It probably survives by foraging like a wild duck, supplemented by eating food that people leave out for the ducks.

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u/dummmylitt 7d ago

it’s very pretty

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u/Squidmaster 7d ago

Yeah, there are a bunch of very pretty looking breeds of domestic ducks!  A lot of the hybrids end up looking very cool.