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urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2014-03-08 06:33 pm

Duck sampler

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My doctor's office happens to be very close to my old place on The Muddy River. I looked down into the river and was lucky enough to see these colorful birds!

From left to right they are a male wood duck, an American black duck, a female wood duck, and a male and a female mallard.

[identity profile] lyonesse.livejournal.com 2014-03-08 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
wow, yay ducks! are they migrating in or something?

[identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
The Muddy never freezes in winter, so it usually gets some wood ducks, lots of black ducks, sometimes mergansers and buffleheads and some other stuff. I forgot how much I missed it!

I imagine some migrate from the north, and some migrate to the city from the frozen ponds in the western part of the state.

[identity profile] coffeekitty.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
quack quack quack

[identity profile] deathling.livejournal.com 2014-03-09 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome that you saw some Wood Ducks out in the open! They are usually hidey and shy around here.