d duck at Lake Spenard/Lake Hood. As it turned out we'd been invited to brunch at a friend's near Lake Spenard for Sunday. We pulled into the parking lot by the little park, took out the binoculars, and confidently walked up to the water. A brief scan spotted a white looking bird, and there it was in the middle of the lake. Clear and beautiful in my binoculars, but nothing in my camera. But we couldn't even find long tailed duck in our Alaska bird book. Then we went to brunch. We were greated by Bracha who was so excited we offered to take her for a walk to work off some of that energy.
Janet's house was really comfortable. She'd set the table so nicely, it all looked so inviting. And the healthy quiche was delicious, not to mention all the fruit. And we talked for several hours. The cat
- well there were two - eventually appeared on my lap while we were eating and talking. Joel, your mother says hello
After we went back to the lake to show Janet the duck. And on our way home we went back to see if it would get close enough to get it in my camera. It got close enough, unfortunately, I didn't get close enough. But this float plane lake is supposed to be one of the busiest in the world. Well, Lake Hood, to which it is connected is.
Later, I looked up long tail dog on the internet and found out it used to be called old squaw. That was in my book. If you want to see one, you can go here. This one looks just like the one we saw.
The Long-tailed duck is a beauty. You were very lucky to see it in Anchorage as it is an arctic sea duck. There are amny in Barrow, Alaska. I have seen them in Homer along the ocean. Dianne
ReplyDeleteThe Long-tailed duck was a male in winter plumage. The long tails weren't visible. Do you see a female nearby? She was there.
ReplyDeleteThere were also female Black scoter and female Surf scoters.
Dianne