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Re: wild or what?
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: wild or what?
- From: Jeff Pippen <jspippen@duke.edu>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:27:43 -0500 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <200101091913.OAA02133@smtpsrv0.isis.unc.edu>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Shantanu and others,
Most of the ducks in the ponds at Duke Gardens are neither wild nor
countable; they are purchased from waterfowl breeders. The only "wild",
countable waterfowl in Duke Gardens are the Mallards and Canada Geese.
Jeff Pippen, Research Associate
Biology Dept., Duke University
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, shantanu phukan wrote:
> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 14:20:24 -0500
> From: shantanu phukan <phukan@email.unc.edu>
> To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
> Subject: wild or what?
>
> Can anyone in the Triangle area tell me if the Hooded Mergansers and
> the Common Goldeneye on the lake at Duke Gardens are wild and thus
> countable? I just spent a half-hour ogling them and marvelling at how
> mallard-like they all were in their shameless pursuit of handouts from
> tourists. On the other hand the Mergansers were flying around quite
> swiftly and thus could not have had their wings clipped.
>
> Shantanu Phukan
> C Hill
>
>
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