notes from the kelp

September 28, 2010

[IMAGE] Harlequin duck
Sea duck.

[IMAGE] Harlequin duck
See sea duck.

[IMAGE] Harlequin duck
See sea duck flap.

[IMAGE] Harlequin duck

[IMAGE] Harlequin duck
See sea duck duck.

…click to listen:

Just ducky.

Duck, as a verb.
A sea duck.
A Harlequin Duck, to be specific.
Clowning around, perhaps?

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Glenn Buttkus said,

October 1, 2010 @ 8:17 am

And good morning to you as well. Your little ducky ditty is kind of
a Harlequin haiku, or tanka tease, enit? Put a big old smile on this
unshaven puss this earliness. Don’t see harlequin fowl down here
in America much; great shots, fun piled onto fun.

Thanks for the RE:PAIR @ 1:04, nothing like a pair of flutists to
put the cream in my coffee, and the skip in my step.
Alex Shapiro said,

October 1, 2010 @ 12:05 pm

This was the very first Harlequin Duck I’ve ever seen! A fun addition to my “life bird” collection (fellow birders know the obsession well). They descended on these waters over the past couple of weeks, and are a delight to watch. The females seem to travel in gal-pal packs; the males I’ve seen, like this fella I photo’d, have mates and are already a two-some. What a great paint job!