Self-Black Call
Brian Simmons~ Vice-PResident~ committee chair
Steve Jones~ Treasurer
TBA
Steve Jones~ Treasurer
TBA
| Self-Black Committee Members: |
EYES: Dark brown, approaching black.
BILL: Drake- black, with olive shading toward tip permissible. Duck- black
SHANKS AND TOES: Shanks and toes black or slaty black while immature, usually acquiring orange tint
in adults.
Plumage: Uniformly black.
Defects
Yellowed or light olive colored bills in drake; orange cast to leg color in both sexes, concealed white or
gray in plumage; minor exposed white in plumage at base of lower jaw; purple luster on surface, except
in speculum overall greenish sheen.
Disqualifications
Conspicuous white in any section of plumage.
BILL: Drake- black, with olive shading toward tip permissible. Duck- black
SHANKS AND TOES: Shanks and toes black or slaty black while immature, usually acquiring orange tint
in adults.
Plumage: Uniformly black.
Defects
Yellowed or light olive colored bills in drake; orange cast to leg color in both sexes, concealed white or
gray in plumage; minor exposed white in plumage at base of lower jaw; purple luster on surface, except
in speculum overall greenish sheen.
Disqualifications
Conspicuous white in any section of plumage.
| Proposed ABA Black Call Male and Female |
