Everyone knows ducks are amazing. As Quack, the protagonist of Peep and The Big Wide World sings; there's nothing better than ducks, oh there's nothing better than ducks,
I wonder what Quack would think of my favorite duck, the Torrent Duck.
In the Southern Hemisphere, which lacks such evolutionary extravagance as Harlequin Ducks and Stellar's Eiders, the Torrent Duck is the acme of anatid beauty.
But this beauty is not just feather-deep. I've watched them swim underwater up the kind of waterfall that would defeat a King Salmon. I've watched them climb vertical boulders
Icons of the Andes, this widely, but sparsely distributed duck is a gift to the bird guide.
Finding birds for other people can be nerve-wracking. Patagonian forests can be notoriously silent places. But Torrent Ducks are a slam dunk gift to the birding guide.
I wonder what Quack would think of my favorite duck, the Torrent Duck.
In the Southern Hemisphere, which lacks such evolutionary extravagance as Harlequin Ducks and Stellar's Eiders, the Torrent Duck is the acme of anatid beauty.
But this beauty is not just feather-deep. I've watched them swim underwater up the kind of waterfall that would defeat a King Salmon. I've watched them climb vertical boulders
Icons of the Andes, this widely, but sparsely distributed duck is a gift to the bird guide.
Finding birds for other people can be nerve-wracking. Patagonian forests can be notoriously silent places. But Torrent Ducks are a slam dunk gift to the birding guide.
Have a pair staked-out on breeding territory and you're garaunteed to find them. None of this walking slowly through a silent and empty rainforest
What are the chances we'll find them? I'd be asked, as we hiked a vertical kilometer towards the ice cap.
What are the chances we'll find them? I'd be asked, as we hiked a vertical kilometer towards the ice cap.
"Ah, well, you never know, hopefully we get an okay view".
The adults demonstrate to an incredulous juvenile what it means to swim up a waterfall
Maybe these riffles are a more appropriate learning spot.
