[NatureNS] re:Mystery bird, First Lake, Lower Sackville

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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:04:57 -0400
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Hi Clarence & Bernard,

On 27-Nov-06, at 12:37 PM, Clarence Stevens wrote:

> Hi Bernard, Just to quick note to let you know that the mystery  
> duck is
> actually a female Mandarin. This close look-a-like is often taken  
> to be a
> female Wood Duck. In Nova Scotia is  much harder to find a Mandarin  
> Duck in the
> wild than a Wood Duck so Anita was fortunate to capture such  
> excellent shots.

This bird has a yellow band clearly visible on its leg so even if its  
in the "wild" it is certainly an escaped individual.

Cheers!

Chris
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Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  B3H 3A6
(902) 424-6435   Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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<HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
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Bernard,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 27-Nov-06, at 12:37 PM, Clarence Stevens =
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type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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to let you know that the mystery duck is</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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a female Mandarin. This close look-a-like is often taken to be =
a</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">female Wood Duck. In Nova Scotia is<SPAN =
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Mandarin Duck in the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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Anita was fortunate to capture such excellent =
shots.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>This bird has a yellow band =
clearly visible on its leg so even if its in the "wild" it is certainly =
an escaped individual.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris<BR><DIV> <P =
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