hello glenn,

i was at the montlake fill this past sunday and saw a female mallard
with eight ducklings.

regards,

Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Glenn wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
> I was at Snake Lake Nature Center late monday morning and was suprised to
> see a female Mallard with a single duckling. Isn't this a bit early for
> young ones?
>
> Hand fed the blackcapped chickadees. One was quite unique, he had what
> looked like white spots above his eyes, almost as if he had eyebrows! You
> can view pictures of him on my web page.
>
>
> also viewed
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> 1 great blue heron
> 1 buffle head
> 2 red wingeded blackbirds
> 2 canada goose
> 2 male/female wood duck
> The female and duckling and a male chasing 2 males and a female out of the
> pond only to have them return a short time later to do it all over again.
> This played on for over an hour.
>
> numerous towees and song sparrows
>
> Nice time even though there seemed to have been an absence of birds.
>
> Glenn
> Tacoma, Wa
> glenn.hansen at usa.net
>
> www.tacomabirding.homestead.com - Bird photographs
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