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Re: Black-bellied Whistling Duck - YES

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Carol Laing

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Carol Laing

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Wed, 7 Jun 2006 17:53:41 -0400

I got up there today to see the duck about 1:30 and when I saw it, it was
also very cooperative and stayed pretty close, swimming away at times. I
also observed the large Canada Geese pecking toward it and it running. Rob
gave great directions!

Carol Laing
Front Royal, VA

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of Sherry
>Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:19 PM
>To: 
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Black-bellied Whistling Duck - YES
>
>
>I was at the Rio pond from about 3:30 - 4:00 this afternoon, and the
>BBWD was extremely cooperative, posing nicely for pictures. There were
>several other birders there at the same time, all ogling the bird. It
>mostly seems to hang out at the north end of the pond, so that's the
>best place to look for it.
>
>A lot of local people feed the waterfowl, despite signs urging them not
>to. In the time I was there I watched at least four different people
>throwing bread, snack mix, popcorn and even cheez doodles to the geese
>and ducks. But I couldn't stop them, of course, so I took advantage of
>it and got some good photos of the BBWD (no digiscoping needed, it was
>only a few feet away!). It's an aggressive little bird, chasing and
>pecking at geese many times its size, flying up to get first dibs on the
>junk food, and generally being quite feisty.
>
>I just got back and there were no posts this afternoon advising that the
>duck was still there, so I wanted to get a message out. I'll post again
>when I get the photos up.
>
>Sherry
>Columbia
>
>