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Index of Subjects On 3/30/2015 1:07 PM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > Hi All > A male widgeon joined our little flock of Blacks and Mallards today. > Must have came from somewhere that he was being feed because > when I put out some corn he was the first to get his share. > Used to call them Baldpates - a great name but some old bald farts changed > the name. Too bad folks who name ducks knew them better but what can you > do! > They were common in eastern PEI in the old days and nowadays lots nest > in the > farm ponds along the NS side of Northumberland Strait. They would always > fly > around the farm just at dusk calling - and they have such a beautiful call. > Enjoy the spring * wasn't "American Widgeon" a standardization with the UK name, and Baldpate a North American name? I still call them Baldpates. fred. ------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------
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