[wisb] Re: Mystery bird (duck) of the week, Forest Co

  • From: "Terri Welisek" <terriw@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>, "'wisbirdn'" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:50:44 -0500

What a female Northern Shoveler? 


Terri Welisek
Sherwood WI Calumet County



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Subject: [wisb] Re: Mystery bird (duck) of the week, Forest Co

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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