[wisb] Re: Mystery bird (duck) of the week, Forest Co
- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:45:46 -0700 (PDT)
If this bird truly is a duck, the upright profile looks a lot like an Indian
Runner duck...
Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee
--- On Wed, 6/20/12, timarytm@xxxxxxxxx <timarytm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: timarytm@xxxxxxxxx <timarytm@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [wisb] Mystery bird (duck) of the week, Forest Co
> To: "Wisbirdn Post" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 7:46 AM
> We saw this duck in the weeds on the
> shore of Little Long Lake while we were out boating. It was
> quite windy, the duck was pretty far away, and the pictures
> are not great. Typically we only see mallards on this lake
> but we did sight a hooded merganser and a pair of wood ducks
> earlier this spring. It looks a lot like a female mallard
> and that is what it might be; the reason for my question is
> its pose with the outstretched neck...I have never seen a
> mallard sitting in the grasses like this one was.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/46280125@N08/sets/72157630191610880/
>
> We spotted our first pair of mourning warblers on an early
> morning walk Sunday morning. We also heard ravens making the
> oddest scream type sounds we have ever heard.
>
> Mary Maertz
> Forest Co
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