tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8721725447421631626..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Ducks of a featherNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72014514166399005252021-11-09T11:04:00.459-06:002021-11-09T11:04:00.459-06:00Yeah, that's a handsome type of duck, which I&...Yeah, that's a handsome type of duck, which I've seen occasionally, but not often. Fine photos, too. It's interesting to me how rarity increases one's appreciation of something, while ubiquity often leads to disdain. I also am always hoping for something beyond the usual passel of mallards. Yet the male mallards are actually rather striking to me; it's just that they're so common. If one only saw a couple of Canada geese in a year, I think we'd be impressed. Instead, because they've overrun the area, they're detested. (Well, pooping all over creation doesn't help their image, needless to say.) Even pigeons are varied and kinda attractive, on the face of it, but they've also got a very bad rap, for a similar reason.<br /><br />While you were having your encounter with the pictured mergansers, we were at Humboldt Park Sunday. There are quite a number of wood ducks hanging out around there. We saw a couple dozen -- many being fed by folks from the shore of the lagoon, alas. But they're a swell change of pace from the mallards, as well.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67793704800980835062021-11-09T10:51:38.073-06:002021-11-09T10:51:38.073-06:00"Anatine." A word no doubt familiar to b..."Anatine." A word no doubt familiar to birders the world over, but new to me.<br /><br />Of all the entities poised to swallow up the Sun Times, I should think WBEZ to be the least threatening.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86142396575739768002021-11-09T09:56:29.700-06:002021-11-09T09:56:29.700-06:00i do like your whimsical side trips into etymology...i do like your whimsical side trips into etymology.pgwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804745965409667786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48749431697477731822021-11-09T09:37:25.930-06:002021-11-09T09:37:25.930-06:00Thank you for the deep dive, or perhaps heavy merg...Thank you for the deep dive, or perhaps heavy mergus, into the fowl side of the garden.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.com