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Leucistic Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

10,000 Birds

The little stiff-tails are almost year-round at Jamaica Bay though almost all leave to breed in the summer and in the depths of winter, when the ponds are almost completely frozen, they tend to head for open water. Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&# Thanks, Corey!

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The Whistle Blowers

10,000 Birds

The whistling duck call carries with it the crimes of big business, the failures of governments and the ignorance of irresponsible hunters. They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. They are also the rarest.