Date:         Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:15:55 +0000
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From:         Frank Boyle <ravenfrank@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Taxonomy Changes
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Here in Laurel we prefer to call them "mutant ninja mallard clones".

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Frank Boyle
Laurel, MD
ravenfrank@earthlink.net
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Gerald & Laura Tarbell <birdersforever@EROLS.COM> wrote: __________
> What the heck made them go with that name choice over the more common 
>"rats with wings?"
>
>It was already taken. That was the name Rick Blom had already used for 
>Mallards.
>    Jerry
>
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