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From: niemi@astroatc.UUCP (Bob Niemi)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Green Gull?!?
Message-ID: <2818@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 89 18:59:20 GMT
References: <1916@ucsd.EDU> <190@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: niemi@astroatc.UUCP (Bob Niemi)
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Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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Referenced article talked about a green gull, see with white ones,
where the color looked artificial.

On a duck hunting trip to the Mississippi River, my son noted a
fuschia (sp) duck, and asked what kind of duck was colored like
that.  I didn't see it, and pooh-poohed his sighting.

The pool in which we hunt (Ferryville, WI) is a major stopping 
point for migrating canvasback (which, because of declining
population are protected from hunting here.  The presence of
large numbers of canvasback makes duck hunting an even bigger
challenge--one must make absolute positive identification.)  Later,
scanning the pool, looking at the thousands of cans' I spotted two
additional fuschia ducks (they were cans').  A Federal warden
confirmed they were dyed for migration tracking.

Bob Niemi, Astronautics, Madison, WI   ...uwvax!astroatc!niemi