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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 3/11/2007 9:00:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
karmachanic@xxxxxxxxx writes:
A duck  (I swear it was a duck) flew into a tree in my back yard this morning 
and  rested for a few minutes before it flew away. Any clue as to what kind 
of duck  this might have been? The angle of the sun put it in silhouette, so I 
couldn't  get a good eyeball on him/her.
Thanks.

Beverly Threadgill
Logan  County, KY (Adairville)



Hello Beverly,
 
Wood ducks, fulvous whistling ducks and black-bellied whistling ducks DO  
frequent trees.  That is why the whistling ducks were once known as tree  
ducks.  
 That fulvous was around Adams,TN, for awhile last year----not  TOO far from 
you, but it should be GONE.  I have see woods and  black-bellieds in trees.  
Woods are here year around; the fulvous is not  SUPPOSED to be here now; the 
black-bellied is not supposed to be here at  all.  By deduction, I suspect you 
had a wood duck.  Go to the Cornell  web site for greater enlightenment:
 
_http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/_ 
(http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/)  
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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