Been looking thru my guides and in my Audobon Field guide it says they are
easily domesticated and are quite tame in the wild. When I went to Bluffton
some  girls there told me that at first it was quite skittish  but after a
while it started coming in with the mallards when they fed them. so that is
all I  have to go on, I thought it was interesting the girls noticed it's
skittishness at first. They live there and visit the pond regularly. Russell
lima, ohio

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Fox" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Provenance of Black-bellied Whistling-Duck


Can't this question be settled by finding out if there are any aviculturists
in the area and then checking with them to see if they have lost a BBWD
lately?  If none of them have lost one then it would be safe to conclude
that it is a wild bird.

James Fox
Farmington Hills, MI
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