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Aythya affinis
A medium-sized diving duck with a bluish bill with a small black tip. The male head has a purplish iridescence. Back is white, covered with thin, black wavy lines. Rump is black and the belly is white. The sides are white, with some fine dark streaks. The female head and neck dark brown with some light mottling. Back darkish brown with white flecks. Breast buffy brown. Belly whitish. Sides and flanks brown. Tail dark brown.
On one of several connected ponds in a development.
Spotted on Jan 10, 2015
Submitted on Jan 10, 2015
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