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Posted in birds | Tagged American coot, duck mix | 22 Comments

22 Responses

1. on February 27, 2014 at 8:43 pm pondpawed

   Is this a result of the decreasing intelligence from the Mainstream USA?

   
   
   • on February 28, 2014 at 2:34 am chervilmeadow

     substitute the word ‘knowledge’ for ‘intelligence’. Not everyone, especially among those brought up in a city, will be able to identify between different species of even common wildlife, so be fair, at least someone has their heart in the right place trying to help that little coot.

     
     
     • on February 28, 2014 at 10:19 am pondpawed

       I think you are correct.

       
       
2. on February 27, 2014 at 8:45 pm Pai

   They can’t even identify dog breeds properly half of the time, so not surprising.

   
   
   • on February 27, 2014 at 10:03 pm Pai

     http://www.chicagonow.com/steve-dales-pet-world/2010/07/shiba-inu-mistaken-for-a-coyote-hard-to-believe/

     
     
   • on February 28, 2014 at 5:44 pm M.R.S.

     Half the time?? That would exceed the average considerably, I think. Lady I know lost her beautiful Tervuren at a State Park. A week later, found the dog at a shelter, advertised as a. “Long-Haired Sheppard”. (Can’t even spell “shepherd”).

     And if it’s black and short-haired, it’s a “Labrador mix”. No matter 20 pounds or 120.

     
     
3. on February 27, 2014 at 8:48 pm chervilmeadow

   Not remotely like a duck, but you just can’t get the staff these days!

   
   
4. on February 27, 2014 at 8:50 pm chervilmeadow

   Just can’t get the staff these days..

   
   
5. on February 27, 2014 at 9:40 pm casdog1

   What the…WHY is it up for adoption? Isn’t this a native wild species???

   
   
   • on February 28, 2014 at 5:59 am retrieverman

     If you think it’s a weird kind of duck– or maybe a duck/chicken mix– you would put it up for adoption, wouldn’t you?

     
     
     • on February 28, 2014 at 10:48 am casdog1

       Well, no, but I also know that there are wild ducks & domestic ducks that do fine in the wild. It would never occur to me that it was someone’s lost pet, lol.

       
       
6. on February 28, 2014 at 7:34 am tracey

   please tell me someone has told them and it has been released. please. you seriously have to wander don’t you it doesn’t even remotely look like a duck except it is a bird.

   
   
7. on February 28, 2014 at 3:38 pm Ogre Magi

   Maybe it is just a joke

   
   
8. on February 28, 2014 at 10:17 pm Rachel

   From a distance I could’ve made the same mistake,they do look rather duck like when in the water or flying. I`m not that great at telling bird species apart.
   Still I would think they could tell the differences up close and perhaps even look it up if they had to.

   
   
9. on March 1, 2014 at 11:01 am peg4x4

   I wonder how they caught it!

   
   
10. on March 2, 2014 at 12:12 pm Jess

    If they are using an standardized system to list adoptable animals, which is looks like they are, there are only so many options for species and breed within the system. You pretty much just have to select whatever is closest.

    
    
11. on March 4, 2014 at 8:06 am Jan

    Came across a flock of white geese on a lake last week. I thought at first domestic geese but the setting wasn’t right for domestic geese so I looked them up. Took just a short time to find they were snow geese. You would think if you were going to go through the trouble of creating a sign and also placing this type of bird in someone’s home that you would at least look it up.

    
    
    • on March 4, 2014 at 11:05 am retrieverman

      I’ve seen both white snow geese and the “blue’ phase.

      When I was a child, the pond where the ducks currently live had a blue one land on it.

      
      
12. on March 4, 2014 at 8:10 am Jan

    I really like Cornell’s website: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/

    
    
    • on March 4, 2014 at 11:06 am retrieverman

      I spend a lot of time on that site!

      
      
      • on March 4, 2014 at 2:01 pm Jan

        I drive everyone around me crazy about the birds… I can’t help but watch them. The Cornell website gives great info and their images are nice and clear so I can easily identify what I am looking at. They have a smart phone app too.

        
        
        • on March 4, 2014 at 4:44 pm retrieverman

          Well, they ARE dinosaurs, so what could be more interesting than that?

          
          

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