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All: Those who didn't rush off to see these wanderers at Country Hbr. appear to have missed out. They were last seen two days ago, and today nine turned up in Ipswich Mass. - surely the same flock. My previous mailing on clipped hind toes needs to be stressed again. Apparently captive birds covered by the Migratory Birds Treaty, including waterfowl, are legally required to be banded or have their hind toes clipped. Eric Mills' photos (posted on the RBA photo site) show clearly that at least three of the Country Hbr. birds have long, unclipped toes. Unfortunately for those of us, including me, who have only the long-staying 1998 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck at Pointe d'Eglise on their NS life lists, I looked closely at my photos of the bird and it quite clearly has clipped hind toes. It thus was certainly an escapee from a waterfowl collection somewhere, and alas, "uncountable" as a lifer. Cheers (tears), Ian McLaren
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