canberrabirds

feral ducks

To: "COG" <>
Subject: feral ducks
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:02:10 +1000
Thank you Roger.  Whatever, those domestic strains of both species are excellent eating, the flesh of the muscovy resembling that of a goose rather than the normal anaemic purveyed 'duckling'.  Participants in the COG easter campout some years ago near Tullamore, brilliantly conceived and led by Ian Fraser,  might recall the flock of duckicidal gang-raping muscovies owned by our host,  Janet Mortimer.   Persistent offending by those dark, heavy-breathing males, twice the size of their victims, led to her kind offer of a few for the table, gratefully accepted by me.  Our ensuing adventures in getting a couple of the free-flying rampagers into a state fit for the esky make an interesting story, but not one, I think, appropriate for this chatline.   
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