Regarding Brandon Percival's recent posting on the singing Long-tailed Duck: I started birding in the Toronto area in the early 1940s; wintering "Old-squaws" then sometimes numbered in the thousands; wherever they congregated (e.g. Eastern Gap, Toronto Bay, Sunnyside) their loud calls could be heard at any time of day; their "ah-hang-gah" was a pleasure to hear, particularly on the 15-minute ferry ride to Toronto Island. Speirs reported a CBC in excess of 11,000 Long-tailed Ducks in Toronto in 1960. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_022009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
