Wood Ducks

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Wood Ducks

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Has anybody ever seen any wood ducks at IR? Its in their breeding range and they like raise chicks in beaver habitat.
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Re: Wood Ducks

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No, but I have seen quite a bit of other waterfowl (mergansers, geese, loons, goldeneyes,swans, etc).

Woodducks sure are a pretty species and I love seeing them. They are also early migrators, so I think by early fall they maybe are already headed south from the island.
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Re: Wood Ducks

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This should take you to a checklist of IR birds.
http://www.npshistory.com/publications/ ... ife-94.pdf
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thanks for the link
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