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The guide identifies birds on the wing through fall and winter plumage patterns, size, shape, and flight characteristics, while excluding local names from its coverage. The identification advice uses wing beats, flocking behavior, voice, habitat, and differences in size, shape, patterns, and colors to distinguish species from one another.
The descriptions of flying flocks contrast loose groups of mallards, pintails, and wigeon with small, compact bunches of teal and shovelers. The scaup account distinguishes the nearly identical greater and lesser birds by a light wing band extending almost to the tip in the former and about halfway in the latter. The habitat notes say that greater scaup prefer large open water areas, while lesser scaup often use marshes and ponds.
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- Author
- Bob Hines
- Reading time
- About 15 minutes
- Pages
- 67
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Educational
- Formats
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