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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Perhaps your Harlequin was migrating inland and made a brief stop at your place to rest? Harlequin Ducks nest inland, I once saw one on Smith Creek, which is at the top of the panhandle of Idaho. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Just for fun, here is the location of Smith Creek. <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/KEn7vifsXXdB4e6Y9">https://goo.gl/maps/KEn7vifsXXdB4e6Y9</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>And here are a few photos of the Harlequin I saw there: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/44bAi14x05">https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/44bAi14x05</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Am very happy that you got such a gorgeous visitor to brighten your day!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Lori Markoff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Tweeters <tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>itomas@onebox.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 17, 2023 11:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> tweeters@uw.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Tweeters] Harlequin Duck<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Question...Yesterday, a duck awkwardly landed on a wire right in front of my deck which is across the street from the Rutherford Slough in Fall City. The duck was kind enough to sit there long enough for me to go inside for binoculars, books and laptop computer and, according to all the pictures I could find, it was a Harlequin Duck. Is that really possible? I thought they were not in this area...and yes, there are Buffleheads in the water but this was not one of them.<br><br>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Tomas Walsh<o:p></o:p></p><p>Fall City, WA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0083in;height:.0083in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://track.smtpsendemail.com/9016770/o?p=AZ4owLqgctVnwoSG2wb_wTwfhPeYgortXratcI3w7RCdDVcbvLBAslGYEkL4cHJUbyc6Xy534Ari4SHuplRzGewp71JYFJRySxud9a6eB14="><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>