They are called 'Birds' - except for geese, those are called 'Flying Rats' - by those that know them well.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 13, 2008, 3:57:52 PM, you wrote: CA> Hi Matthew, Joseph, and Rick: I think I'll just refer to them as flying CA> feathered creatures of some sort :-). Cheers, Christine CA> ----- Original Message ----- CA> From: "Matthew Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CA> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> CA> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:04 PM CA> Subject: Re: Peso Ducks in Flight >> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Christine Aguila >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I could have sworn they were ducks. >> >> They are ducks, specifically drake Mallards. On the upper side of the >> wing is a blue rectangle, the "speculum". (Of course, you can't see >> that it's blue in B&W.) The speculum is bordered by a thin white >> line, front and back. The thin white ring around the neck is also >> visible. >> >> Here's a color shot for comparison (not mine): >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/markklotz/1520031746/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> CA> -- CA> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List CA> PDML@pdml.net CA> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net CA> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
