Garganey

Breeds in much of Europe and
western Asia...winters in southern
Africa, India and Australasia.

Spatula querquedula

(L 14.2-16.1")

Siang Saen Lake

25Mar2016

Spatula is Latin for spoon,
spatule; querquedula is
the sound of this duck.

You’re as rare as a Garganey,

but speak in Parakeet.

You’re flightless like the Dodo bird,

but, like a Nightingale, you sing.
(Nick Burns)

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Linjama

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