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High-flying snowy egret

High-flying snowy egret

Date: 08/09/2009 Views: 187642

An elegant snowy egret hunts lunch

An elegant snowy egret hunts lunch

Date: 08/09/2009 Views: 172960

Juvenile snowy egret hunting in the mud

Juvenile snowy egret hunting in the mud

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RUDDY DUCK

Date: 04/25/2009
Size: 5 items
FEMALE RUDDY DUCKS

FEMALE RUDDY DUCKS

Besides their small size and distinctive shapes, female ruddy ducks have double stripes on their heads.

Date: 11/02/2008
Views: 223
STIFF TAIL DISPLAY

STIFF TAIL DISPLAY

Ruddy ducks are the last waterfowl to arrive in the spring in Colorado. The males, with their enormous bright blue bills and puffed-up eyebrows sputter and siplay for the females with long, stiff tail feathers erect and fanned out.

Date: 04/27/2008
Views: 200
Ruddy drakes are show-offs

Ruddy drakes are show-offs

With a coif worthy of the Fonz, little ruddy duck drakes spend most of the breeding and incubation period showing off for their ladies.

Date: 06/16/2009
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Ruddy duck pair sail around their nesting pond

Ruddy duck pair sail around their nesting pond

Unlike most ducks, male members of the stiff-tail group are attentive fathers and participate in rearing the ducklings.

Date: 06/16/2009
Views: 114
Migrating family of ruddy ducks

Migrating family of ruddy ducks

Ruddy duck families are close-knit and stay together in family groups until the following spring.

Date: 04/29/2009
Views: 131
 
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