He was by himself when we saw him early this afternoon. The mallards had moved a little upstream.
Jeanne Tanamachi Lauderdale MN -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Larry Sirvio" <lmsir...@comcast.net> > I got another look at the Harlequin duck this morning. He was on the rocks > behind Price-Rite Liquor store in Prescott, Wi. I got some better pics today. > He > was loafing on the rocks close to a group of mallards. Eventually the > mallards > moved off and the Harlequin folowed - like he was one of the group. They > swam > across the river and sat on the opposite shore (Dakota Co). I posted the pics > from today on the MOU website Galllery - MN region since I saw them in MN > this > time. For me this might have been the chance of a lifetime to get such a > close > look at this duck. > > http://moumn.org/gallery/index.php?region=MN > > I'm wondering if this duck thinks he's a mallard. Maybe that's why he is > where > he is and is so easy to observe. He was very purposefully following the > mallards > as they left the shore and as they swam to the other side. He clearly wanted > to > be a part of the group. When they got to the other side they all sat together > on > the sandy shore next to the water - ready for another nap I suppose. Has > anyone > else seen this behavior? > -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Larry Sirvio" <lmsir...@comcast.net> Subject: [mou] Harlequin duck and his friends Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:57:00 +0000 Size: 4097 Url: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080316/9ed6486e/attachment-0001.mht
