<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>We’ve had 8 or so ducks that are roosting in some mixed alder/fir between us and a neighbor (and the neighbor has a pond). They whistle, no other vocalizations that sound like a duck. They are predominately gray with rusty/rufous breasts. Their bills are small. They are longer and skinnier than a mallard. They fly over our property in the evening and we haven’t been able to scope them in the trees despite a few attempts.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas? I know it’s silly to suggest a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck but when everyone in the family has looked at photos of those they said, “yes, like that!”<br></div><div><br></div><div>Admittedly, my waterfowl identification isn’t expert but I didn’t know we had whistling ducks in Washington.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ted Ryan<br></div><div>Port Orchard, WA</div></body></html>