tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post8218695667311342668..comments2024-03-10T14:33:50.262+00:00Comments on Regent's Park Birds: 21st Marchregents park birds.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-37983058007594000102011-03-21T21:07:00.358+00:002011-03-21T21:07:00.358+00:00Thanks - that was what I saw!
I miss watching the...Thanks - that was what I saw!<br /><br />I miss watching the Ruddy Ducks 'bubbling' on the lake. The photos I took of them was 2006!Tiggrxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620402177052386039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-87562210256576272422011-03-21T20:49:03.751+00:002011-03-21T20:49:03.751+00:00Hi.
The duck that you saw was a drake Argentinian...Hi.<br /><br />The duck that you saw was a drake Argentinian Ruddy Duck. It escaped from one of the areas that houses the collection birds a few years back. It used to associate with the wild Ruddy Ducks on the lake, unfortunately the DEFRA's hired guns have eradicated all our winter visiting birds.regents park birds.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-2880475207548072872011-03-21T18:51:40.258+00:002011-03-21T18:51:40.258+00:00I saw (and poorly photographed) a duck on the lake...I saw (and poorly photographed) a duck on the lake today which I thought was a Ruddy Duck but it seems to be missing the white cheeks usual for that species. Otherwise brown back, black head and blue bill.<br />It swam from the reed adjacent to the rail ditch out onto the lake about 1:00. <br />Any ideas what it could have been?Tiggrxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620402177052386039noreply@blogger.com