[Tweeters] Harlequin Duck

[Janet Ray]

I can’t speak to Harlequins perched on wires. 
 But I can relate that one of the strangest bird sights I’ve see is a flock of about 6 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks perched on a wire outside a yard with many feeders (in Texas).  They were hilariously rocking back and forth trying to stay on the wire with their broad flat feet obviously not optimized for that task
Janet Ray
Preston WA


> On Apr 17, 2023, at 12:36 PM, Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:

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> Harlequin Ducks spend their fall and winter in the water, usually rocky salt water, and their breeding season in alpine forest. It’s not unusual to see them in small creeks on Mt Rainier with young.

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> I must confess, however, that I’ve never seen one on a wire. That must have been interesting.

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> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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>> On Apr 17, 2023, at 11:56, <itomas at onebox.com> <itomas at onebox.com> wrote:

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>> Question...Yesterday, a duck awkwardly landed on a wire right in front of my deck which is across the street from the Rutherford Slough in Fall City. The duck was kind enough to sit there long enough for me to go inside for binoculars, books and laptop computer and, according to all the pictures I could find, it was a Harlequin Duck. Is that really possible? I thought they were not in this area...and yes, there are Buffleheads in the water but this was not one of them.

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>> Thanks,

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>> Tomas Walsh

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>> Fall City, WA

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