Black Duck on the Bay

[Richard Flanders]

That duck looks like a mallard that crossbred with a goose! What a roaster that would make. Nice.

You got that right about gulls Dean. In Antarctica the big Skua gulls will swoop down and grab a baby penguin from right between the legs of parent who is protecting it. I helped a bird guy band giant petrels once and my job was to scoop the chicks from the nest as they guys dragged the parent off to work on it and wrap them in my down vest to protect them from the circling Skuas. They are fearless and bold predators. They would hover 6' over me as I gathered them up, waiting for one small mistake or opening.