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The Cape teal cannot be confused with any other duck in its range. This species is essentially non-migratory , although it moves opportunistically with the rains. It is a thinly distributed but widespread duck, rarely seen in large groups except the moulting flocks, which may number up to 2000.
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José Andrés Sepúlveda, a famed Californio vaquero, purchased most Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, but lost his land claim after the U.S. Conquest of California.. After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portolá out of Mexico City, then capital of New Spain, Friar Junípero Serra named the area Vallejo de Santa Ana (Valley of Saint Anne, or Santa Ana Valley).
A strong Santa Ana wind event is setting up across Southern California. A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) alert has been issued for Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Santa Ana winds, one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an annual weather hazard in Southern California, have helped fuel the destructive Franklin wildfire in Malibu that's charred ...
A Santa Ana will kick up late Monday and continue into Tuesday night over portions of Southern California. While this will not be an extreme wind event, AccuWeather meteorologists believe there ...
Though classified as a diving duck, this pochard feeds more like a dabbling duck feeding on seeds roots, sedges, aquatic plants and other grasses. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Netta is Ancient Greek for "duck" and peposaca is a transcription of the Guaraní name of this species which means "showy wings", referring to the broad white stripe that is only visible ...
Winds of 50 to 60 mph (80 to 97 kph) in and around mountain ranges in Southern California had been recorded by Monday night, with some gusts above 60 mph (97 kph) in the Santa Ana and San Gabriel ...