This wild duck appeared at our pond today, aside from canadian geese and mallards I have not seen any wild ducks here so this was a real treat. Our farm ducks stayed far away from him while he did a lot of diving. His dive technique was interesting- he would stay down for about 10 seconds or more and the come up again in the same spot. We were able to watch him for a while from the kitchen door. My son named him "Pop-up" I think he is a greater scaup- his bill was very blue.
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Ah the wonder of migratory birds! A whole flock! Wow- it's funny to think of it- where I view him as a very special rare bird- if you have seen big flocks they must seem "mallard ordinary" or even "canadian goos pesky" to you.
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