Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 05:37:18 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Black-headed Duck [was: Re: [MDOSPREY] Carroll Co. Birds 11/28/02] In-Reply-To: <38BA34ACF3E0D311B4230000F803503603D0717F@VHAPEREXC1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Chris - George's theory sound good; however, I don't know the context of your conversation with the person other than it was about "decoys". Is there any chance this was a non-North American reference and the person was talking about the real Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) of South America? http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/black-headedduck.html Probably not ... Phil At 20:08 11/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Speaking of old-time names for >ducks, I was talking to someone about decoys and the guy kept refering to a >"black head" duck. Does anyone know what he could have been refering too? >He did not know any other name for it, nor could he produce a picture. he >said it wasnt Scaup/Bluebill... ================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================