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Old 17-11-11, 03:08 PM
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Default Gadwall?

I have been out today, just wanted to check these ones. Are they Gadwall? Will do a report later.
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Old 17-11-11, 03:10 PM
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Old 17-11-11, 03:25 PM
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Old 17-11-11, 04:24 PM
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Thanks guys. Had to get one right eventually!
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Old 17-11-11, 05:12 PM
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Teal are my favourite, partly because of the name.
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Snap! I have been told I'm weird by some of those I've told this fact to though
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Snap! I have been told I'm weird by some of those I've told this fact to though
Funnily enough, I get a similar reaction when I tell people that Gadwall sound like Martians.
Gadwall calls.
Martian speaking (from 'Mars Attacks' - the martian speaks just after 1 minute into the video clip).
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Old 17-11-11, 08:52 PM
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That's nothing, Eiders sound like Kenneth Williams.
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That's nothing, Eiders sound like Kenneth Williams.
Or a conversation between Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd

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That's nothing, Eiders sound like Kenneth Williams.
lol......oooooooh oooh....so they do!!!
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