Birds from El Paso Birdpark - mandarin_ducks2.jpg Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata)
Martin Kramer
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From: mkramer@wxs.nl (Martin Kramer)
Subject: Re: Birds from El Paso Birdpark - glossy_starling2.jpg
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:18:28 GMT
Rich D wrote:
>Very nice pics. Particularly the mandarin ducks. The mandarin ducks
>I've seen before look different.
As far as I know these are ordinary mandarin ducks But part of their
wings or wing feathers was missing to prevent them escaping. That could
explain the difference. Maybe I should not post pictures of mutilated
birds, but they still looked very cute, alo because they were making
a nice couple.
Martin Kramer
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