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Greenport Harbor Brewing Company Black Duck Porter

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Having grown up in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, I made the reasonable assumption that the Black Duck Porter made by Greenport Harbor Brewing Company was named for the American Black Duck , a locally common dabbler found throughout the East End’s many bays and saltmarshes. Or at least enough time for a quick tipple.

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Who cares for your ducks in the winter?

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Now, I do hope you have stayed with me to this point, because there is a moral to this story: How much do you like your ducks, grebes, sandpipers, and plovers? Perhaps you like them enough to have supported legislation protecting wetlands in the United States and Canada. The post Who cares for your ducks in the winter?

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A New Wildlife Refuge Pass: Fellow Birders, Help Us Help You

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We’ve worked to change the dialogue around the Duck Stamp in public discussions and meetings, and we’ve reached out to Refuge officials and conservation officers to argue for the viability of this concept. We’ll also be facilitating increased outreach to new supporters and legislative members who’ve shown their interest.

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Mating and Feeding Behavior of the Northern Shoveler

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They are dabbling ducks which feed by upending and, you guessed it, dabbling. Unlike most other dabbling ducks however, the Northern Shovelers strain aquatic vegetation, plankton, and tiny invertebrates through the comb-like edges of their shovel-shaped bill. Birds dabbling ducks ducks National Wildlife Refuges Northern Shoveler'

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of April 2016)

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I don’t know which legislative branch to appeal to, but there ought to be a law that mandates life birds on a birder’s birthday. I spent several hours of an otherwise excellent weekend dipping multiple times on a rare ABA Tufted Duck. Perhaps we should require lifers on anyone’s birthday. Sure beats cake!

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Northern Pintails at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

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This blind in particular is usually good for ducks, geese, waders and shorebirds. As the sun rose somewhere behind those thick clouds, it began to get a bit lighter on the water and I got some pretty good shots of what I think is one of the most handsome of dabbling ducks, the Northern Pintail ( Anas acuta ). Just look at this drake.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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The shallows are full of ducks in eclipse, a real puzzle that requires a bit of time and a sharp eye – something you usually reserve for warblers and such. Wigeons are only migrants and not a breeding species in Serbia and August is a bit too early for any longer distance duck movements. The autumn migration has clearly started.

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