Fellow camera club member Margaret Kzrepkowski had to see it for herself, and when she got over chuckling, she took a photo of the duck and sent it to National Geographic.

A publishing firm in England showed great interest in it and asked for more.

She told them she only had one photo of the duck, but her buddy Bud had about 25.

Next thing Newton knew, he was getting emails from media companies in Britain asking for details on when he took the photos and offering to pay him royalties.

He signed a contract and a couple of weeks ago, the cheque arrived in the mail for 180 Pounds ($354 Canadian).

According to the U.K.-based Mirror, one of a couple publications that used the pictures, the curious coiffure is a result of a genetic mutation, often caused by cross breeding.

Newton, 75, formerly the Town of Richmond Hill director of engineering and head of Richmond Hill Transit (before it was York Regional Transit), finds the whole thing a bit of a lark.

No saying how Trump feels about it — although one wonders if it’s a just a coincidence that the latest celebrity to endorse his Republican nomination is Willie Robertson, star of cable TV show Duck Dynasty.