SOUNDOFF!(Triad)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: February 21, 2007 | Copyright information

Next Muscovy duck you see just might be Fred

I saw your article in the newspaper Sunday (Feb. 4, Guilford Record North) and wanted to give you a bit of history about Muscovy ducks. While Muscovy ducks are kept as pets, many have been in the wild for a long time.

There are now wild populations in many areas across the Piedmont. Muscovys are excellent flyers and roost in trees. These ducks are also excellent pest controllers. The Muscovy can eat twice their weig...

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