Shelducks are commonly kept as domestic ducks. I have seen at least one pond with them in Dakota County.
Steve Weston ----- Original Message ----- From: "MarkBeckyLystig" <markbeckylys...@comcast.net> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:33:13 PM Subject: Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl in Star Tribune today It appears to be a Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea. We found it first in our Birds of Thailand, and then googled it to get more images. There seems to be some variability of plummage. Becky and Mark Lystig ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html