a friend of mine (on this list) says wood ducks are "new money", and
gadwalls are "old money" ...
i tend to agree.

00 caren
http://www.ParkGallery.org
george davis creek, north fork


On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 16:40, McComb Gardens <info at mccombgardens.com>wrote:

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> I cannot remember who said it, but, I love the description of a Gadwall as
> an Harris Tweed Duck.
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> *From:* Kelly McAllister <mcallisters4 at comcast.net>
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> *Sent:* Monday, December 26, 2011 1:03 PM
> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Black Phoebe at Hawks Prairie reclaimed water ponds
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> I was photographing Gadwalls this morning when I heard an unfamiliar
> call, repeated incessantly as the bird flew toward me. It landed in a
> nearby willow but I couldn?t quite get a good view of until just before it
> flew. I saw that it was a Black Phoebe. I got some pictures after it landed
> again but they are pretty poor. It was a nervous bird, never staying in one
> place for long and, soon, it disappeared somewhere behind the Nutriam
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