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Subject: Mystery ducks: Thank you!
From: "Dorothy Pugh" <DorothyPugh(AT)aol.com>
Date: 24 Aug 2006 7:22am
Thanks to Curtis Smalling (see below), Dwayne Martin, Eric Dean, Diana
Davis, Greg Dodge, Dave ?, Bob Perkins, Steve Compton, Andy Haines and
Jennifer Gordon for their clearing up of this mystery.
There is general agreement that the Duke duck is a Mallard/domestic
cross and that the Watauga County ducks are Wood Ducks. Some said they
were juveniles and some said they were non-breeding males. Curtis
Smallings' response below seems to address this general confusing issue.
Some of you gave me extra information: Diana Davis about the ecological
impact of misuse of domestic ducks and Greg Dodge about the tell-tale
effects of molting on wing appearance. I'll put all this on my website
in more detail when I update it later today (giving appropriate credit,
of course!).
Thanks also to Jennifer Gordon for volunteering ID information about the
"mystery geese" on my waterfowl page. I will add this, too, with due
credit.
What a great bunch of bird experts you are!
Dorothy Pugh
SMALLING, Curtis wrote on 8/23/2006, 8:03 PM:
> Hey Dorothy,
>
> The one at Duke is a Mallard Muscovy cross and the two from Bass Lake
> are either adult males in eclipse plumage or more likely juvenile
> males. The young males look like this from about day 100-130 which
> would be about right for this time of year. Look at a picture of the
> male wood duck in your field guide and you can see the underlying
> pattern is there with the u shaped white linesbehind the eye down the
> neck and the green head color.
>
> Curtis Smalling
> Audubon North Carolina
> csmalling(AT)audubon.org
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Subject: Re: Mystery Ducks at Duke U. and in Watauga County, NC
From: "Dorothy Pugh" <DorothyPugh(AT)aol.com>
Date: 24 Aug 2006 7:42am
This reply (Blue Swede vs. mallard/domestic hybrid) is different from
the others, but may be the right answer. I spoke too soon!
Maybe I need more input.
Dorothy Pugh
ducklinglady(AT)aol.com wrote on 8/23/2006, 10:59 PM:
> The first Duck is Blue Swede (domestic) I agree the other are juvenile
> wood ducks.
> Here is a picture for comparison
> This juvenile was already molting into adult plumage we were releasing
> him that day.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ducklady/Wood%20Ducks/081205037.jpg
>
> another juvenile wood duck next to a mallard - mucking in the mud
>
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ducklady/Wood%20Ducks/?action=view¤t=DSCN1603.jpg
>
> Your mystery geese are a A Grey Saddleback Pomeranian and a Embden
> goose. Both are domesticated animals, they are considered feral once
> their owners abandoned them. They are flight less geese.
>
> Jennifer Gordon
> Carolina Waterfowl Rescue
> PO Box 1484
> Indian Trail, NC 28079
> (704) 668-9486
> waterfowlrescue(AT)aol.com
> http://www.carolinawaterfowlrescue.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DorothyPugh(AT)aol.com
> To: carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu
> Sent: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 6:20 PM
> Subject: Mystery Ducks at Duke U. and in Watauga County, NC
>
>
>Today I saw a mysterious duck at the new wetlands by the Al Buehler
>Trail at Duke U. and another two at the Moses Cone Memorial Park in
>Watauga County, NC. I looked at every duck picture in Sibley's to get
>an ID without any luck.
>
>Can anyone provide IDs for these birds? I have photos at
>http://www.dpughphoto.com/ducks.htm#mysterywaterfowl. NOTE: These small
>pictures are not true thumbnails, and clicking on them won't cause
>larger images to be displayed. However, they are unusual in this
>respect for my website: click on the small pictures with the blue
>margins to see larger images.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>Dorothy Pugh
>Durham, NC
>
>
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Subject: Re: I knew I had Bats
From: Carol Williamson <cncbrdr(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 24 Aug 2006 10:32am
Maybe bats are what are into my hummingbird feeder,
too. Every morning, all the little yellow "flowers"
are on the ground! I thought it was squirrels, which I
have seen sipping the nectar.
Carol Williamson
Durham, NC
--- KC Foggin <KCFoggin(AT)sc.rr.com> wrote:
> What I didn't realize is that they like the
> hummingbird feeders :)
>
> The last few nights while letting the dog out for
> the last walk, I have noticed one of my hummer
> feeders moving back and forth quite a bit but could
> never see anything from the deck. Tonight though
> when I put on the back lights I got lucky and
> actually saw what was draining my feeder so quickly.
> A bat! How cool is that. Didn't even know they
> would feed on sugar water. Must get me a bat house
> :)
>
> KC Foggin
> Socastee
> Myrtle Beach SC
>
>
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Subject: Wood Stork in Wayne Co, NC
From: "Eric Dean" <wolfpackdeans(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 24 Aug 2006 12:28pm
Hi all,
This morning about 8:15 I saw an immature Wood Stork fly across Hwy 117
at the Neuse River in Wayne Co, NC. I called Gene Howe and Sam Moore who
relocated the bird at the Wastewater Treatment Plant about 10:45. It flew in
and settled among a group of about 20 Great Egrets. Earlier while here
searching for the bird Gene and Sam noticed about 10 Anhingas and a dozen
Blue-winged Teal.
Eric
Eric & Celia Dean
112 Armstrong Dr
Goldsboro NC 27530
919-736-7264 (home)
919-920-1542 (cell)
wolfpackdeans(AT)earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~wolfpackdeans/
".... I realized that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds than
airplanes." Charles Lindbergh
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Subject: Re: I knew I had Bats
From: KCFoggin(AT)sc.rr.com
Date: 24 Aug 2006 12:53pm
Yes, the feeder has remained up but I have it wired to the ant guard,
which is then wired to a branch.
KC Foggin
Socastee
Myrtle Beach SC
----- Original Message -----
From: sandraherring(AT)mindspring.com
Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:56 pm
Subject: Re: I knew I had Bats
To: CarolinaBirds <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
> Very cool.
>
> Does the feeder stay up? Our feeders end up empty and on the
> ground if I forget to bring them in at night. (Except for the
> small one on a window.) I had assumed that we have a racoon
> emptying them -- but now that you mention this I don't really
> know. Do racoons empty hummingbird feeders, too?
>
> Sandy Herring
> Durham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: KC Foggin <KCFoggin(AT)sc.rr.com>
> >Sent: Aug 23, 2006 9:56 PM
> >To: CarolinaBirds <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
> >Subject: I knew I had Bats
> >
> >What I didn't realize is that they like the hummingbird feeders :)
> >
> >The last few nights while letting the dog out for the last walk,
> I have noticed one of my hummer feeders moving back and forth
> quite a bit but could never see anything from the deck. Tonight
> though when I put on the back lights I got lucky and actually saw
> what was draining my feeder so quickly. A bat! How cool is that.
> Didn't even know they would feed on sugar water. Must get me a
> bat house :)
> >
> >KC Foggin
> >Socastee
> >Myrtle Beach SC
> >
>
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