Re: Mandarin Duck

[Dave Hanscom <hanscom at cs dot utah dot edu>]

Are you sure it wasn't a wood duck?  I went down there a few weeks ago
when someone reported seeing a mandarin, and found only wood ducks.  I
know that wood ducks are common in the pond on the other side of 7th east,
and the ones I saw swam into the culvert headed in that direction.

Dave Hanscom

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Robert Elliott wrote:

> Feeling lucky, yesterday I stopped at the Kinko’s on 33 S. and 7 E. and
> found a gorgeous drake Mandarin Duck.
> The apricot color was absolutely stunning. I got 3 views- swimming,
> perched on a rock and flying.
> All I can say is WOW!
>
> I’ve been told by local experts that they have been breeding here for
> 10+ yrs.
> So my ? is this.
>  Are they countable since they are not on the new 2004 checklist?
> Letitia


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