Subject: LONG-TAILED DUCK
Date: Nov 8 05:15:09 1999
From: Lydia Gaebe - lgaebe at email.msn.com


Hello,

Is a LONG TAILED DUCK the same as a NORTHERN PINTAIL? I can't find the
longtail in either of my bird books.

thanks,
lydia In Kent, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: <sanjer at televar.com>
To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; Inland-nw-birders
<inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 9:31 AM
Subject: LONG-TAILED DUCK


> Yesterday on the small lake in front of our house a mixed flock of
> ducks landed. There were BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, BARROWS
> GOLDENEYE, and one mature male LONG-TAILED DUCK in bright winter
> plummage. What a stricking bird!
>
> We also saw our first NORTHERN SHRIKE and several ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS.
>
> Ken.....for the record it was in Grant county.
>
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>
> Jerry and Sandy Converse
> Grand Coulee, WA
> mailto:sanjer at televar.com
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> Remember, amateurs built the Ark and
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