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Old 07-01-2019, 06:12 AM   #1
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Lakes Region resident. We've all heard them. Most of us have seen them.

The Laconia Daily Sun runs photos from readers that I have enjoyed.

This photo, however, is a bit wrong...Or am I wrong?

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/mult...7844439.html#4
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Old 07-01-2019, 06:28 AM   #2
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Lakes Region resident. We've all heard them. Most of us have seen them.

The Laconia Daily Sun runs photos from readers that I have enjoyed.

This photo, however, is a bit wrong...Or am I wrong?

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/mult...7844439.html#4
No you are not wrong. That is a male mallard.
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Old 07-01-2019, 06:31 AM   #3
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If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and swims like a duck...it's a loon!
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If you toggle around you'll see a pic of a Loon sitting on a nest, not the Mallard.
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Old 07-01-2019, 06:36 AM   #5
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If you toggle around you'll see a pic of a Loon sitting on a nest, not the Mallard.
And that photo was identified correctly but #4 & #6 are mallards. Sorry Celine from Belmont!
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