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Aythya collaris
A diving duck with distinctive black, gray and white patterns. A peaked head, bright yellow eyes and a gray bill with white rings and a black tip.
Spotted at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.
Wooded lakes, ponds; in winter, also rivers, bays. In summer on freshwater marshes, ponds, and bogs, mainly in openings in forested country. In migration and winter on ponds, lakes, slow-moving rivers, sometimes on coastal estuaries, but generally not on saltwater bays.
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Your welcome, Brian38....
Thank you maplemoth.
A beautiful duck, with beautiful colors....