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  2. Waterfowl hunting - Wikipedia

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    The probable fate for mutilated ducks is a prolonged, agonizing death, marked by relentless suffering and distress. [33] [34] An X-ray study of ducks caught using nets in Australia found that between 6% and 19% of the ducks live with embedded shot pellets in their bodies. [35] This act of animal cruelty has been mostly overlooked by government ...

  3. Indian Runner duck - Wikipedia

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    The erect carriage is a result of a pelvic girdle that is closer to the tail than other breeds of domestic duck. [2] This structural feature allows the birds to walk or run, rather than waddle, as seen with other duck breeds; they do not fly. [2] [3] [4] [a] Indian Runner ducks have a long, wedge-shaped head.

  4. Northern shoveler - Wikipedia

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    The northern shoveler (/ ˈ ʃ ʌ v əl ər /; Spatula clypeata), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, [2] is a common and widespread duck.It breeds in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America, [3] wintering in southern Europe, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.

  5. Common loon - Wikipedia

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    The common loon or great northern diver (Gavia immer) is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. Breeding adults have a plumage that includes a broad black head and neck with a greenish, purplish, or bluish sheen, blackish or blackish-grey upperparts, and pure white underparts except some black on the undertail coverts and vent.

  6. Ring-necked duck - Wikipedia

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    The ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) is a diving duck from North America commonly found in freshwater ponds and lakes. [3] The scientific name is derived from Greek aithuia , an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristotle , and Latin collaris , "of the neck" from collum , "neck".

  7. Common goldeneye - Wikipedia

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    The common goldeneye or simply goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Its closest relative is the similar Barrow's goldeneye . [ 2 ] The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek boukephalos ("bullheaded", from bous , "bull " and kephale , "head"), a reference to the bulbous head ...

  8. This Riverside County man is on a mission to save ... - AOL

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    That's how she landed on The Duck Pond Inc., a waterfowl sanctuary for domesticated birds run by Howard Berkowitz. Newborn ducklings from a failed balut order feed inside a baby playpen. (Jireh ...

  9. New Zealand scaup - Wikipedia

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    The New Zealand scaup is a diving duck which dives to look for aquatic plants, small fish, water snails, mussels and insects. [ 14 ] [ 13 ] It is sometimes seen with the Australian coot ( Fulica atra ); it is thought that the scaup takes advantage of the food stirred up by the coots as they fossick for shrimps. [ 13 ]