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moose ? gallard ? doose ? guck ? is this a bird tick ?

 
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Martin



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:53 am    Post subject: moose ? gallard ? doose ? guck ? is this a bird tick ? Reply with quote
spotted this extraordinary bird at a garden centre yesterday
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Pete



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
domestic/mallard hybrid not tickable.
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Dawn



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow that's so wierd, looks just like a giant mallard! Confused
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Martin



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was joking about the bird tick - I was just so amused to see a bird like this - shocking isn't it ! did a double-take, at first thought "wow that's a fat duck" then "eh????? what's that ???"
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Tricia



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very strange bird indeed!
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Anne



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like a "Rouen" - a French farmyard hybrid originally bred for the table :

http://www.poultryclub.org/Ducks.htm

If you catch yourself one you could always prepare Caneton Tour d’Argent :

http://www.monksonline.org/Cuisine/Bizarre/Caneton.htm

.... must point out that I have never tried it myself, and not sure I would want to Exclamation Exclamation
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