Pintail really is my favourite in all ways feathery! They are elegant and sophisticated, possessing a certain grace lacking in the more gregarious species. Listen hard when you have a mixed dabbling duck flock in front and you will be able to pick out the croaking quack of Gadwall, the 'plib, plib' of Teal, the whistling of the Wigeon (who all go' teal' if you listen!) and there amongst them the almost liquid 'ploop' of the Pintail.... like a Teal under water! Magic!
...and just for once there is no witty aside about being very tasty! Honest guv! Never tried one!
Cracking shot by Chris Lowe
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Howard Vaughan, Information Officer
Hi Howard,
I took a different kind of shot of a Pintail yesterday on Aveley Flash...
www.rspb.org.uk/.../431994.aspx
My wildlife sounds and images at http://www.jerryhoare.net