Providence Petrel, Solander's Petrel, Pterodroma solandri, 40 cm. / 15.74 in. Found on tropical seas.
Kiama Pelagic, New South Wales, Australia.
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Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, L 16.5 in. / 41.9 cm. COMMON and widespread. Nests on ponds and lakes. Winters on ponds, lakes and protected bays. Favors fresh water. Showing diagnostic wwing-stripe with this stretch. Handheld.
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States.
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Female Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, 53.3 cm / 21 in. UNCOMMON. Nests on large lakes in boreal forest. Winters on opensalt water, favoring sandy shorelines.
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Orange County, California, USA.
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Blue Duck, Ohio, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos, 53 cm / 20.9 in. About 2 - 3,000 birds in NZ. found on fast-flowing mountain streams and rivers, mainly in native forest or tussock land, occasionally on lakes. Male on the right.
Tongariro River, Turangi, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand.
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Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, 16.5 in. / 41.9 cm. COMMON and widespread. Nests on ponds and lakes. Winters on ponds, lakes and protected bays. Favors fresh water. Handheld.
Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, United States.
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