March 23, 2005
Twitching the duck
A FALCATED DUCK has been hanging out in a pond by an RV Park near Coburg, Lane Co. for a couple months now. The powers that be have declared it to be real (as opposed to a domesticated fake). I almost never go out of my way to chase down rare or unusual species for reason I have expounded on before (see Rumble in Olympia), but this bird was on the way to my parents house so, I took the extra 5 minutes to bag it for my list.
As you can see from the photo-documentation, there's little doubt that it is a genuine Falcated Duck.
Posted by mbalame at March 23, 2005 11:37 PM