hey Folks,
Here’s the best of the duck opportunities I had. A Barrow’s goldeneye. A male and a female were hanging out at this small pond, and I spent a number of hours there trying to get some images. ducks spend a lot of time floating around on ponds with their head tucked under the wings sleeping. ‘Dabbler’s they’re called – well these ducks did more sleeping than dabbling.
Cheers
Carl
Now that’s a really cool looking bird!!
Oh yeah, Carl, I know that you are going to be extremely busy for awhile, but I wanted to tell you about a book I read. If you haven’t read it, check it out when you get a chance. It’s called The Year Long Day & it came out in 1975. You may have already read it. But it is great! A true adventure story set in the Arctic about a trapper on Spitzbergen. It’s written by Ivar Ruud & A.E. Maxwell.
Hey Beth
Thanks for the head’s up on the book. I just bought about 20 books this past winter, and still have half of them to get through, so it’ll be a while before I’m up for more. Sounds way cool though, I haven’t heard of it before.
Cheers
Carl
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