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| uncle aj |
A duck for CarolinaI took this at a nature reserve in the UK on my last holiday, it's a Carolina Duck. The wings have been clipped a bit to ensure it won't fly out of the reserve.
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| Carolina |
Hey, that's pretty exciting! I'm going to have to show my children when we have a little quiet time.
I wonder why it's a Carolina duck? Could it be the blue feathers?? (There's actually a color in these parts called "Carolina Blue", on account of the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill). 
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| uncle aj |
I just looked it up on Wiki and mine is a sorry specimen. Here's the link.
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| Carolina |
Adrian, I think your duck needs a day at the spa! 
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| Lisa |
I saw your pic, AJ, and thought, "That looks just like a wood duck!" Then I googled that and saw that it's also called a Carolina duck. I'd never heard the latter until now. They are a pretty thing, even with rumply and clipped feathers. | ||||||
| uncle aj |
I wasn't sure which was the more popular name but in the guide book for the reserve it's called a Carolina duck. The problem with birds is they keep recategorising them and changing their names. 
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| Lisa |
I haven't brushed up on my bird identification, but feel really lucky as a kid that my mom and dad were avid backyard birdwatchers. They had (Still do have, I bet) a huge tabletop book, "Birds of North America" that used to fascinate me - I'd study it for hours. I learned to identify lots of different birds, and now I try to pass on some of that knowledge to my kids. But my very favorite little winged creatures are those darling hummingbirds! 
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| uncle aj |
We have a relative of the hummingbird here but mainly on the west coast. It's called a sunbird but is very similar. |
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| Carolina |
The grandparents gave my children a very nice bird guide book last year, and Madeline is very interested in it. All our birds are rather boring, though. Mostly finches here.
Actually, we do have a lot of cardinals - very lovely males. And hummingbirds. 
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| Tools |
You guys just quack me up......... 
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| uncle aj |
 What a bird brain.
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