Friday, September 02, 2005

Duck Identification

Well, it may not be a good thing to now be able to identify individual ducks, but each is different and here is how:

Momma -- the smallest one with all the red around her eyes

Her 4 sons (my guess since they all turned out much bigger than Momma). At a glance they look identical, but actually two are slightly different:

White Nose -- you will notice that only one drake has a white beak tip
White Face -- the other 3 guys have black "noses" but one has white around his eyes
The Twins -- the other two have black noses and look very similar but one has more black markings on his beak than the other