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Anas clypeata
Males have a iridescent green head and a yellow eye. They have a white chest and rusty colored sides. The females are gray brown with some light edged feathers. Eyes are brown and bills are olive green with a yellow edge. Both have long spoon shaped bills that are wider at the tip than the base. The bills have comblike projections for straining food from the water.
A small flock feeding in one of the shallow ponds at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
Spotted on Nov 29, 2013
Submitted on Dec 6, 2013
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