I know the quality, etc. is crap so that's why I put it under, "Just For Fun", but here's a few shots of what looks like a purple grackle messing with a mallard duck. My first time seeing this.
I might be wrong but I don't think that's a Mallard. Teal (Possibly blue winged). What do you reckon?
Good question, bird politics perhaps, we'll never know. Thanks and agreed. Animals confuse me. Now that I researched teals it looks like it is one, an eclipse drake it appears. (I could still be wrong, I give up) Take a look at the link and tell me what you think. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds