Subject: Ducks commercial
Date: Jan 1 16:01:02 2002
From: Jim McCoy - jfmccoy at earthlink.net


Did you football fans out there notice the "Ducks" commercial (for the
University of Oregon) in the Fiesta Bowl telecast?

The commercial consisted entirely of footage of various ducks, along with an
accompanying voiceover. I counted the following seven species:

Barrow's Goldeneye
American Wigeon
Wood Duck
Lesser Scaup
American Coot
Ruddy Duck (correctly identified as female!)
Cinnamon Teal

The images came by quickly enough that I might have misidentified or
overlooked something, but I believe this list is accurate.

The correctly-identified female and the northwestern flavor that was perhaps
intentionally imparted by the presence of the Barrow's Goldeneye make me
suspicious that they got a little consulting help on this one. Did anyone
on Tweeters have anything to do with this one?



Jim McCoy
jfmccoy at earthlink.net
Redmond, WA