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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Brooks" <comeback@xxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:47 AM
Subject: [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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