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    Communities > Forums > Bird Identification
    Forum: Bird IdentificationReplies: 5, Views: 106
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    UniQueTreasures
    Beaumont, TX (Zone 8b)

    May 17, 2007 1:29 AM

    Post #3505511

    I saw this duck up in a tree a couple of houses down from me this morning. Hubby said it's some kind of Mexican Squealer. He sure was making a squealing sound. He named off a few things it could have been. I thought to be sure, I'd come to the experts here.

    Any ideas?

    Janet

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    DonnaB
    Vancleave, MS (Zone 8b)

    May 17, 2007 1:41 AM

    Post #3505548

    Black-bellied Whistling Duck
    UniQueTreasures
    Beaumont, TX (Zone 8b)

    May 17, 2007 2:06 AM

    Post #3505624

    Thanks Donna. I'll be sure to pass that ID on to hubby. :-) He hung around long enough for me to get at least a dozen shots of him. I wish he'd been closer and not so dern high. He must have been about 40-50 ft. in the top of the tree and there was a house between my yard and the yard that tree is in. It seems to be a favorite landing spot for bigger birds as they pass through here.

    Janet

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    cpartschick
    Gladwin, MI (Zone 5a)

    May 17, 2007 11:40 AM

    Post #3506500

    I always laugh at ducks in trees. But they are in them quite often.
    Murmur
    Whidbey Island, WA (Zone 7a)

    May 18, 2007 4:36 AM

    Post #3509892

    Janet, that's a great photo - you did really well, especially considering the distance!
    UniQueTreasures
    Beaumont, TX (Zone 8b)

    May 18, 2007 5:06 AM

    Post #3509950

    Thanks Murmur. I was pleased with the photos. I wish he'd been more on "eye level" so I could have seen the top of him.

    If I get up early enough and take my coffee out back to wake up, I see 2 ducks fly down the "bayou" (drainage ditch). Late evening,sometimes I'll see 2 ducks flying the other direction. I think those are teal but can't really tell because it's never light enough to get a good look at them.

    Janet

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