** Reply to note from Maureen E.

> Please give the Genus species name of the the "Ringed" teal.
> Thanks,
> Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu Univ of WA and Des Moines, WA
>
> "Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of
> confusion and bamboozle requires vigilance, dedication, and courage."
> -Carl Sagan-
> ***************************************************************
> On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Kelly Mcallister wrote:
>
> > Tweeters,
> >
> > I hesitate a bit on this one. Perhaps a waterfowl fancier's
> > birds got away. Perhaps there is something else amiss with
> > this story.... But, a waterfowl hunter killed what he says are
> > two Ringed Teal out of a group of three, somewhere near Sedro
> > Woolley. The two dead ducks are reportedly at the taxidermist.
> >
> > At least two biologists have talked to the man and neither of them
> > is dismissing the story. The ducks were not banded.
> >
> > Kelly McAllister

Dick Cannings found what appears to be a Hottentot Teal _Anan hottentota_ at
Penticton yesterday. Normal range is s.e. Africa. Appears someone is letting
their exotic ducks escape.

- Jack





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Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jbowling at direct.ca