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Have two of these nesting in a tree in our yard. Back and forth in a big hole. These birds are big, some kind of duck or goose. Nest is big in an old dead tree:
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Haven't a clue what they are, thought I'd ask you fellas. Ann just took the pictures, so kinda dark. Cool as can be to me. They'd been busy, please let me know what they are - I need to know. Life in the country. Thanks.
Google ....tells me that is a Black-bellied whistling duck.......pretty interesting.....look them up.
Yep they nest in trees
Okay, thanks my friend. We have Wood Ducks that nest here, but never have seen these. I guess being on the Vermilion river, these birds decided to stop off and make a nest. Cool with us, we like such things.
Correct on the bird...Didi took a picture of one at Henderson once and we looked it up......but can not find the picture right now.....
They are getting pretty common as of late. They used to be found along the Texas coast and sometimes in southwestern La. but they have moved eastward. We have plenty of them in Houma. the visit the overflow pound 1 block from my house and just this past week I saw 4 of them land in a large oak tree on my neighbor's property. They are also tasty.
"gene"
We used to spend a month in Rock Port on the coast and the RV park was full of them. First time we had ever heard of them.
Yes.....they're also called "Mexican Squealers".....they're a cavity nesting duck like wood duck.....They're a welcome sight on a slow morning in the blind
Black bellied tree duck, that duck along with the fulvous tree duck are what most of us call Mexican squealers. The fulvous looks just like that one except with a light brown belly where this one has a black belly. Very good eating too!
Yea PawPaw, I remember when they first started showing up around this area and most of the other duck hunters weren't aware of what they were yet so I would watch them fly straight over them without them taking a shot, needless to say they weren't quite so lucky when they flew over our blind. And yes they are very tasty!Quote:
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Took a picture of these in 2010 in South Arkansas while on a gator hunt.Attachment 264897
Very cool, thanks fellas. Once Marty mentioned Mexican Squealers and Joe mentioned Rockport, TX (which I've been to several times), it rung a bell. Looked over my walls, in which we have several pieces of artwork, pictures, etc. and found this:
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Sure enough, been a long time. Remember liking those birds a lot - and now they are nesting in our yard. Thanks.
We have them here in SE. Ar.
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