Written by No, Patrick is not my SO/ better half, etc. We work together as the inventory specialists at Knit/Purl :) In many ways, he’s a male version of me. Kinda frightening how similar we are, actually.
Anyway, moving on… Went to Laurelhurst Park today and, wow!, there were a lot of birds. I spotted 2 hummingbirds (nesting in a pine tree, no less), 3 cormorants, millions seagulls and crows, 1 heron, and more ducks than you could quack at. There was also this, ah, ‘duck'(?):
First person to accurately tell me what that creature is will win… hrm, 2 balls of Panda Silk or 1 skein of Smooshy (the prize can be negotiable, depending on what I dig out of The Stash). Of course, you have to get the info to me by 9pm PST on Friday, since I plan on sending TheBon‘s Wacky Ducky Contest Prize (take 2 – the first still hasn’t arrived) on Saturday and refuse to visit the post office more than once in a week.
Anyway, back to Laurelhurst. I fed the ducks (don’t ask what), and they flocked around. The moment I pulled out the traveling sock:
They lost interest. Bah! Silly things.
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I believe it is a Muscovy duck or some mix of a muscovy and another generic park duck.
maybe it is a turducken?
Yep, it’s a Muscovy Duck altho I love Judy’s answer :)
Here’s the Wiki on your ducky:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy_Duck
Awww, isn’t that at least partly one of the kinds of ducks that wag their tails at you?
It’s a bird, its a plane, it’s SUPER-DUCK!!!! Okay, not really, but I couldn’t resist
This duck is much cuter that the pictures of the other ducks. I’ll have to keep my eyes out for some.