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| When I see them, they are so often in large numbers that their beauty is often overlooked. I was amazed at the hue of blue in the head and the color of green in the tail feathers. |
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| The females are, like other ducks, plain. Yet that big ol' schnoz makes it easily identifiable. |
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| Those yellow eyes, orange legs, and black bill...more colors on one bird than I expected. |
The Water Ranch always has such good birds. I need to get back there next time I make it down to Arizona. I think I saw something like 40 species in one hour last time.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing great flocks of these at Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson!
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