[tn-bird] Re: Kingston Steam Plant (Saturday, July 27, 2002)

Don Miller wrote:

>
>Also present were two Ruddy Shelducks, escapees from who-knows-where.
>I've seen this exotic species at a couple of places over the
>years--mostly city parks and the like.
>
Rick Knight and I first saw two Ruddy Shelducks at Kingston almost 15 
years ago, on the way home from a state meeting. The first words out of 
his mouth were, "You can't count them."  I wonder if it's the same 
birds? The ones we saw  were not banded. They were consorting with 
equally tame, but countable, Canada Geese of the introduced 
non-migratory giganta race.  If it were anything but a duck we'd say 
they were established in the wild by now. I'm considering an appeal to 
the Pope.

I think it was put best on a T-shirt I saw at an ABA meeting years ago, 
DUCKS SUCK.

James Brooks


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