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(Message started by: Charles Lam on Sep 26th, 2006, 6:31pm)
Title: Family Time@Sapporo.Japan
Post by Charles Lam on Sep 26th, 2006, 6:31pm
Japan, Sapporo
7/7/2006
Kodak DX6490 + 2.2x add-on lens

Saw at a park (http://www.platial.com/kclama/map/2225?detail=41557).   What kind of ducks are they?

http://static.flickr.com/119/252974008_98e7fc3125.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kclama/252974008/)

http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=88262
Title: Re: Family Time@Sapporo.Japan
Post by miket on Sep 26th, 2006, 8:33pm
They are Mallards Anas platyrhynchos.

Note the purplish-blue speculum.

Mike Turnbull
Title: Re: Family Time@Sapporo.Japan
Post by Charles Lam on Sep 29th, 2006, 12:29am
Thanks for the ID, happy birding. :D


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