The green-winged teal, a small one of these birds, is well suited for living in garden ponds
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Water Sedge - Range Plants of Utah - extension.usu.edu  These include swamps, wet meadows, pond or lake shores, streams, old ... The water regime best suited for water sedge is one with the water table above ... Water sedge habitat provides cover for some birds, waterfowl, and small mammals. Some particular birds associated these habitats include the green-winged teal, the...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Aug 25, 2010 ... The green-winged teal, a small one of these birds, is well suited for living in garden ponds. Is this a kind of duck? Reply . Report Abuse Judge...
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FoLAR's Watershed Wonders - Friends of the Los Angeles River  way of life uniquely suited to this area. .... 1849 Los Angeles experienced one of its first economic .... and small ponds throughout the LA Basin turning it into a rich alluvial .... these floodplain forests include stream bank stabilization ...... fish, birds, and plants growing and living by the River as well. ..... Green-winged Teal.
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Animals - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Amphibian, Bird, Reptile, Pisces, Cartilaginous fish. ... The two surviving species of camel are the dromedary, or one-humped camel, which is native to the Middle East and the Horn of .... Walrus These animals are the only pinnipeds with tusks ..... Green-winged teal, a small duck, is well suited for living in garden ponds.
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Bird Box Master - Eastside Audubon  Mar 24, 2010 ... 1. Chapter I. Teachers' References. How to Study Birds. ... Birds Featured in the Bird Discovery Box. .... Chapter V. Backyard Habitat. .... Learn about the feeding habits of these birds. ... Birds have many different types of feet and beaks depending upon where they live .... Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca).
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Fall 2010 - Desert Rivers Audubon  Faii Migration artists-. - Birding ... been hard at worth this summer to bring you a great year of birding. programs. .... besides the geese and cranes can he faced here. same in very large ..... And if you visit that tropical raintorest tor the magnicent bird life. .... 'rtaliey brrders who keep state tists or year too. t'tlittlfl'tlrtg marl-ta no .
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Field Guide/Birds/Eastern US and Canada - Wikibooks, open books ...  Although many species of bird imitate other birds, the Northern Mockingbird is the best known ... patches, or "epaulets", which are visible when the bird is flying or displaying. .... Eggs are light blue in color, and clutch size ranges from 1-5, with 2-3 eggs most common. ..... Females nest on the ground, typically laying 6-8 eggs.
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Indian peafowl - Wikipedia  The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus), a large and brightly coloured bird, is a species of peafowl native to South Asia, but introduced in many other parts of the world. The male peafowl is predominantly blue with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like ... These stiff feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a display during...
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Species, Age and Sex Identification of Ducks Using Wing Plumage  Blue-winged and cinnamon teals ... first fall and winter immatures of many of the more common species of ducks molt ... Those feathers that are replaced include the tertials, greater tertial coverts, post ... Secondaries not blue, green, or purple.
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Spring Azure - Mass Audubon  Eastern Tailed Blue, the only other common blue in New England is distinctly smaller with conspicuous orange hind wing spots and "tails". Spring Azure is smaller than Appalachian Blue with a more complex and generally darker ... In late spring and summer forms the hind wings (and sometimes the forewings) may be...
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Waterfowl Species Commonly Seen in Practice - Lafeber  All domestic ducks are descended from the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ... The Khaki drake (male) has a green bill, rich dark orange legs and feet, and dark brown eyes. Its head, upper neck, lower back, and tail coverts are bronze-brown. The .... Females are brown-gray with white eye rings, white throats and gray chests.
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Birds of The World: DIPPING DUCKS  Other species resemble the waterfowl of Anseriformes. ... The breeding male Falcated Duck has a gray body, dark green head, bronze crown, white throat. ... Female Blue-winged Teal has white eye-ring; female Garganey does not. .... The Red Shoveler has mainly cinnamon colored plumage with dark spot; light gray head,...
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plants | Serenity Spell  They were so named by the Romans, in honor of the islands' native ... later the U.S. bred their own versions of these colorful little birds, primarily for their sweet song. ... Wild canary, it's difficult to find similarities to the bright yellow counterparts ... that are easy to grow (and not just in Florida, but they do grow LARGE here),...
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Birds, Familiar: House Finch, Life Histories of North American Birds ...  However, competent observers agree that the sight of a house finch is one of the ... Were it not for the grove of friendly evergreens, where these birds would have ..... When the second brood were hatched a third clutch of eggs was laid in the nest ... of the egg, and often they form a very fine loose ring around the large end.
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Blue-winged Teal, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of ...  Pairs and small groups of this tiny dabbling duck inhabit shallow ponds and wetlands ... migrants, with some birds heading all the way to South America for the winter. Therefore, they take off early on spring and fall migration, leaving their ... Males in eclipse plumage in late summer look very similar to females; Dark stripe...
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Vol 7, No 3 - The Greatest Show on Earth - The Kansas School ...  This popular little bird is a common resident in eastern Kansas and may be ... (Fall migrants are less brightly colored and include many young birds that ... Reference to the chart will keep you from looking for lark buntings near ... You may start a life list, and some day you may find yourself starting a trip to .... Warbling vireo
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Birds - Everglades National Park (U.S. National Park Service)  Aug 15, 2008 ... In Everglades National Park, more than 360 different species of birds have ... One of the most common herons you would encounter on a visit to the park would be the green-backed heron. ... Other wading birds you may encounter on a visit include the great white heron, great blue heron, great egret, snowy...
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Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors - Details - Encyclopedia of Life  Like many male ducks, the male Blue-winged Teal takes on an 'eclipse' ... Canada south to the Mid-Atlantic region, the Ohio River Valley, the southern Great ... Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). ..... ponds, and seasonal wetlands surrounded by grassland (Brewer et al. 1991)...
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The long-legged waders of Chautauqua - ObserverToday.com ...  May 31, 2008 ... Most are familiar with the Great Blue Heron that is common along most ... Other members of this bird family sighted in addition to the Great Blue ... Least Bittern, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, ... Nest defense is interesting, as they will usually only defend the territory around their nest.
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Spring - 3/4 - Alabama Birding Trails  Jul 27, 2016 ... SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ardea alba OTHER NAMES: Common or American egret ... As its name indicates, the belly is a light red or pinkish color.
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Birds found in Lakes, Rivers, Ponds Habitats - WhatBird  Head has golden yellow-orange nape, red cap, small yellow patch at base of ... Feeds mostly on small fish taken in dives and aquatic insects, amphibians. .... Eurasian Coot: Medium, squat marsh bird, all black with white bill, frontal shield. ..... Australian Pelican: Large, white pelican with white-gray on neck, and black on...