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15 a a DT 18884 53 16 mallard mallard NN 18884 53 17 , , , 18884 53 18 but but CC 18884 53 19 softer soft JJR 18884 53 20 . . . 18884 54 1 Wigeon Wigeon NNP 18884 54 2 Length--21 Length--21 NNP 18884 54 3 " " '' 18884 54 4 Weight--1¾ Weight--1¾ VBZ 18884 54 5 lbs lbs NN 18884 54 6 . . . 18884 55 1 These these DT 18884 55 2 are be VBP 18884 55 3 nervous nervous JJ 18884 55 4 birds bird NNS 18884 55 5 , , , 18884 55 6 quick quick JJ 18884 55 7 to to TO 18884 55 8 take take VB 18884 55 9 alarm alarm NN 18884 55 10 . . . 18884 56 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 56 2 flight flight NN 18884 56 3 is be VBZ 18884 56 4 fast fast JJ 18884 56 5 , , , 18884 56 6 irregular irregular JJ 18884 56 7 , , , 18884 56 8 with with IN 18884 56 9 many many JJ 18884 56 10 twists twist NNS 18884 56 11 and and CC 18884 56 12 turns turn NNS 18884 56 13 . . . 18884 57 1 In in IN 18884 57 2 a a DT 18884 57 3 bunched bunch VBN 18884 57 4 flock flock NN 18884 57 5 , , , 18884 57 6 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 57 7 movements movement NNS 18884 57 8 have have VBP 18884 57 9 been be VBN 18884 57 10 compared compare VBN 18884 57 11 to to IN 18884 57 12 those those DT 18884 57 13 of of IN 18884 57 14 pigeons pigeon NNS 18884 57 15 . . . 18884 58 1 When when WRB 18884 58 2 open open JJ 18884 58 3 water water NN 18884 58 4 is be VBZ 18884 58 5 handy handy JJ 18884 58 6 , , , 18884 58 7 wigeons wigeon NNS 18884 58 8 often often RB 18884 58 9 raft raft VBP 18884 58 10 up up RP 18884 58 11 offshore offshore RB 18884 58 12 until until IN 18884 58 13 late late JJ 18884 58 14 afternoon afternoon NN 18884 58 15 when when WRB 18884 58 16 they -PRON- PRP 18884 58 17 move move VBP 18884 58 18 to to IN 18884 58 19 marshes marsh NNS 18884 58 20 and and CC 18884 58 21 ponds pond NNS 18884 58 22 to to TO 18884 58 23 feed feed VB 18884 58 24 . . . 18884 59 1 The the DT 18884 59 2 white white JJ 18884 59 3 belly belly NN 18884 59 4 and and CC 18884 59 5 forewing forewing NN 18884 59 6 are be VBP 18884 59 7 very very RB 18884 59 8 showy showy JJ 18884 59 9 in in IN 18884 59 10 the the DT 18884 59 11 air air NN 18884 59 12 . . . 18884 60 1 Drakes drake NNS 18884 60 2 whistle whistle NN 18884 60 3 ; ; : 18884 60 4 hens hen NNS 18884 60 5 have have VBP 18884 60 6 a a DT 18884 60 7 loud loud JJ 18884 60 8 _ _ NNP 18884 60 9 kaow kaow NNP 18884 60 10 _ _ NNP 18884 60 11 and and CC 18884 60 12 a a DT 18884 60 13 lower low JJR 18884 60 14 _ _ NNP 18884 60 15 qua qua NN 18884 60 16 - - HYPH 18884 60 17 awk awk NNP 18884 60 18 _ _ NNP 18884 60 19 . . . 18884 61 1 Shoveler Shoveler NNP 18884 61 2 Length--19½ Length--19½ NNP 18884 61 3 " " `` 18884 61 4 Weight--1½ weight--1½ NN 18884 61 5 lbs lbs NN 18884 61 6 . . . 18884 62 1 Shovelers shoveler NNS 18884 62 2 , , , 18884 62 3 ' ' `` 18884 62 4 spoonbills spoonbill VBZ 18884 62 5 ' ' '' 18884 62 6 to to IN 18884 62 7 many many JJ 18884 62 8 , , , 18884 62 9 are be VBP 18884 62 10 early early JJ 18884 62 11 migrants migrant NNS 18884 62 12 , , , 18884 62 13 moving move VBG 18884 62 14 out out RP 18884 62 15 at at IN 18884 62 16 the the DT 18884 62 17 first first JJ 18884 62 18 frost frost NN 18884 62 19 . . . 18884 63 1 The the DT 18884 63 2 largest large JJS 18884 63 3 numbers number NNS 18884 63 4 are be VBP 18884 63 5 in in IN 18884 63 6 the the DT 18884 63 7 Central Central NNP 18884 63 8 and and CC 18884 63 9 Pacific Pacific NNP 18884 63 10 flyways flyway NNS 18884 63 11 . . . 18884 64 1 The the DT 18884 64 2 usual usual JJ 18884 64 3 flight flight NN 18884 64 4 is be VBZ 18884 64 5 steady steady JJ 18884 64 6 and and CC 18884 64 7 direct direct JJ 18884 64 8 . . . 18884 65 1 When when WRB 18884 65 2 startled startle VBN 18884 65 3 , , , 18884 65 4 the the DT 18884 65 5 small small JJ 18884 65 6 flocks flock NNS 18884 65 7 twist twist VBP 18884 65 8 and and CC 18884 65 9 turn turn VBP 18884 65 10 in in RP 18884 65 11 the the DT 18884 65 12 air air NN 18884 65 13 like like IN 18884 65 14 teal teal VB 18884 65 15 . . . 18884 66 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 66 2 are be VBP 18884 66 3 not not RB 18884 66 4 highly highly RB 18884 66 5 regarded regard VBN 18884 66 6 as as IN 18884 66 7 table table NN 18884 66 8 birds bird NNS 18884 66 9 , , , 18884 66 10 because because IN 18884 66 11 one one CD 18884 66 12 third third NN 18884 66 13 of of IN 18884 66 14 the the DT 18884 66 15 usual usual JJ 18884 66 16 diet diet NN 18884 66 17 is be VBZ 18884 66 18 animal animal NN 18884 66 19 matter matter NN 18884 66 20 . . . 18884 67 1 Drakes drake NNS 18884 67 2 call call VBP 18884 67 3 _ _ NNP 18884 67 4 woh woh NN 18884 67 5 - - : 18884 67 6 woh woh IN 18884 67 7 _ _ NNP 18884 67 8 and and CC 18884 67 9 _ _ NNP 18884 67 10 took take VBD 18884 67 11 - - HYPH 18884 67 12 took take VBD 18884 67 13 _ _ NNP 18884 67 14 ; ; : 18884 67 15 the the DT 18884 67 16 hen hen NN 18884 67 17 's 's POS 18884 67 18 _ _ NNP 18884 67 19 quack quack UH 18884 67 20 _ _ NNP 18884 67 21 is be VBZ 18884 67 22 feeble feeble JJ 18884 67 23 . . . 18884 68 1 Blue blue JJ 18884 68 2 - - HYPH 18884 68 3 Winged winged JJ 18884 68 4 Teal Teal NNP 18884 68 5 Length--16 Length--16 NNP 18884 68 6 " " '' 18884 68 7 Weight--15 Weight--15 NNP 18884 68 8 oz oz NNP 18884 68 9 . . . 18884 69 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 69 2 small small JJ 18884 69 3 size size NN 18884 69 4 and and CC 18884 69 5 twisting twist VBG 18884 69 6 turning turning NN 18884 69 7 flight flight NN 18884 69 8 gives give VBZ 18884 69 9 the the DT 18884 69 10 illusion illusion NN 18884 69 11 of of IN 18884 69 12 great great JJ 18884 69 13 speed speed NN 18884 69 14 . . . 18884 70 1 The the DT 18884 70 2 small small JJ 18884 70 3 , , , 18884 70 4 compact compact JJ 18884 70 5 flocks flock NNS 18884 70 6 commonly commonly RB 18884 70 7 fly fly VBP 18884 70 8 low low RB 18884 70 9 over over IN 18884 70 10 the the DT 18884 70 11 marshes marsh NNS 18884 70 12 , , , 18884 70 13 and and CC 18884 70 14 often often RB 18884 70 15 take take VBP 18884 70 16 the the DT 18884 70 17 hunter hunter NN 18884 70 18 by by IN 18884 70 19 surprise surprise NN 18884 70 20 . . . 18884 71 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 71 2 are be VBP 18884 71 3 more more RBR 18884 71 4 vocal vocal JJ 18884 71 5 than than IN 18884 71 6 most most JJS 18884 71 7 ducks duck NNS 18884 71 8 -- -- : 18884 71 9 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 71 10 high high RB 18884 71 11 - - HYPH 18884 71 12 pitched pitch VBN 18884 71 13 peeping peeping NN 18884 71 14 and and CC 18884 71 15 nasal nasal NN 18884 71 16 quacking quacking NN 18884 71 17 is be VBZ 18884 71 18 commonly commonly RB 18884 71 19 heard hear VBN 18884 71 20 in in IN 18884 71 21 spring spring NN 18884 71 22 and and CC 18884 71 23 to to IN 18884 71 24 a a DT 18884 71 25 lesser less JJR 18884 71 26 extent extent NN 18884 71 27 in in IN 18884 71 28 fall fall NN 18884 71 29 . . . 18884 72 1 These these DT 18884 72 2 teal teal NN 18884 72 3 are be VBP 18884 72 4 among among IN 18884 72 5 the the DT 18884 72 6 first first JJ 18884 72 7 ducks duck NNS 18884 72 8 to to TO 18884 72 9 migrate migrate VB 18884 72 10 each each DT 18884 72 11 fall fall NN 18884 72 12 , , , 18884 72 13 and and CC 18884 72 14 one one CD 18884 72 15 of of IN 18884 72 16 the the DT 18884 72 17 last last JJ 18884 72 18 in in IN 18884 72 19 the the DT 18884 72 20 spring spring NN 18884 72 21 . . . 18884 73 1 Cinnamon Cinnamon NNP 18884 73 2 Teal Teal NNP 18884 73 3 In in IN 18884 73 4 the the DT 18884 73 5 Pacific Pacific NNP 18884 73 6 Flyway Flyway NNP 18884 73 7 , , , 18884 73 8 cinnamon cinnamon NN 18884 73 9 teal teal NN 18884 73 10 are be VBP 18884 73 11 far far RB 18884 73 12 more more RBR 18884 73 13 common common JJ 18884 73 14 than than IN 18884 73 15 blue blue JJ 18884 73 16 - - HYPH 18884 73 17 wings wing NNS 18884 73 18 . . . 18884 74 1 The the DT 18884 74 2 hens hen NNS 18884 74 3 look look VBP 18884 74 4 alike alike RB 18884 74 5 and and CC 18884 74 6 the the DT 18884 74 7 habits habit NNS 18884 74 8 of of IN 18884 74 9 both both DT 18884 74 10 species specie NNS 18884 74 11 are be VBP 18884 74 12 similar similar JJ 18884 74 13 . . . 18884 75 1 The the DT 18884 75 2 pale pale JJ 18884 75 3 blue blue JJ 18884 75 4 forewing forewing NN 18884 75 5 patch patch NN 18884 75 6 is be VBZ 18884 75 7 the the DT 18884 75 8 best good JJS 18884 75 9 field field NN 18884 75 10 mark mark NN 18884 75 11 , , , 18884 75 12 as as IN 18884 75 13 drakes drake NNS 18884 75 14 are be VBP 18884 75 15 usually usually RB 18884 75 16 in in IN 18884 75 17 eclipse eclipse NN 18884 75 18 until until IN 18884 75 19 January January NNP 18884 75 20 or or CC 18884 75 21 longer long RBR 18884 75 22 . . . 18884 76 1 Drakes drake NNS 18884 76 2 have have VBP 18884 76 3 a a DT 18884 76 4 whistling whistle VBG 18884 76 5 _ _ NNP 18884 76 6 peep peep NN 18884 76 7 _ _ NNP 18884 76 8 ; ; : 18884 76 9 hens hen NNS 18884 76 10 utter utter VBP 18884 76 11 a a DT 18884 76 12 low low JJ 18884 76 13 _ _ NNP 18884 76 14 quack quack UH 18884 76 15 _ _ NNP 18884 76 16 . . . 18884 77 1 Green green JJ 18884 77 2 - - HYPH 18884 77 3 Winged Winged NNP 18884 77 4 Teal Teal NNP 18884 77 5 Length--15 Length--15 NNP 18884 77 6 in in IN 18884 77 7 . . . 18884 78 1 Weight--14 Weight--14 NNP 18884 78 2 oz oz UH 18884 78 3 . . . 18884 79 1 Quite quite RB 18884 79 2 hardy hardy RB 18884 79 3 -- -- : 18884 79 4 some some DT 18884 79 5 birds bird NNS 18884 79 6 stay stay VBP 18884 79 7 as as IN 18884 79 8 far far RB 18884 79 9 north north RB 18884 79 10 as as IN 18884 79 11 open open JJ 18884 79 12 water water NN 18884 79 13 is be VBZ 18884 79 14 found find VBN 18884 79 15 . . . 18884 80 1 The the DT 18884 80 2 smallest small JJS 18884 80 3 and and CC 18884 80 4 one one CD 18884 80 5 of of IN 18884 80 6 the the DT 18884 80 7 most most RBS 18884 80 8 common common JJ 18884 80 9 of of IN 18884 80 10 our -PRON- PRP$ 18884 80 11 ducks duck NNS 18884 80 12 . . . 18884 81 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 81 2 tiny tiny JJ 18884 81 3 size size NN 18884 81 4 gives give VBZ 18884 81 5 the the DT 18884 81 6 impression impression NN 18884 81 7 of of IN 18884 81 8 great great JJ 18884 81 9 speed speed NN 18884 81 10 , , , 18884 81 11 but but CC 18884 81 12 mallards mallard NNS 18884 81 13 can can MD 18884 81 14 fly fly VB 18884 81 15 faster fast RBR 18884 81 16 . . . 18884 82 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 82 2 flight flight NN 18884 82 3 is be VBZ 18884 82 4 often often RB 18884 82 5 low low JJ 18884 82 6 , , , 18884 82 7 erratic erratic JJ 18884 82 8 , , , 18884 82 9 with with IN 18884 82 10 the the DT 18884 82 11 entire entire JJ 18884 82 12 flock flock NN 18884 82 13 twisting twisting NN 18884 82 14 and and CC 18884 82 15 turning turn VBG 18884 82 16 as as IN 18884 82 17 one one CD 18884 82 18 unit unit NN 18884 82 19 . . . 18884 83 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 83 2 nest nest VBP 18884 83 3 as as IN 18884 83 4 far far RB 18884 83 5 north north RB 18884 83 6 as as IN 18884 83 7 Alaska Alaska NNP 18884 83 8 , , , 18884 83 9 and and CC 18884 83 10 migrate migrate VB 18884 83 11 in in IN 18884 83 12 all all DT 18884 83 13 four four CD 18884 83 14 flyways flyway NNS 18884 83 15 . . . 18884 84 1 Early early JJ 18884 84 2 fall fall NN 18884 84 3 drakes drake NNS 18884 84 4 are be VBP 18884 84 5 usually usually RB 18884 84 6 still still RB 18884 84 7 in in IN 18884 84 8 full full JJ 18884 84 9 eclipse eclipse NN 18884 84 10 plumage plumage NN 18884 84 11 . . . 18884 85 1 Drakes drake NNS 18884 85 2 whistle whistle NN 18884 85 3 and and CC 18884 85 4 twitter twitter NN 18884 85 5 ; ; , 18884 85 6 hens hen NNS 18884 85 7 have have VBP 18884 85 8 a a DT 18884 85 9 slight slight JJ 18884 85 10 _ _ NNP 18884 85 11 quack quack UH 18884 85 12 _ _ NNP 18884 85 13 . . . 18884 86 1 Wood Wood NNP 18884 86 2 Duck Duck NNP 18884 86 3 Length--18½ length--18½ NN 18884 86 4 in in RP 18884 86 5 . . . 18884 87 1 Weight--1½ Weight--1½ NFP 18884 87 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 87 3 . . . 18884 88 1 Found find VBN 18884 88 2 in in IN 18884 88 3 all all DT 18884 88 4 flyways flyway NNS 18884 88 5 ; ; : 18884 88 6 most most RBS 18884 88 7 numerous numerous JJ 18884 88 8 in in IN 18884 88 9 the the DT 18884 88 10 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 18884 88 11 and and CC 18884 88 12 Mississippi Mississippi NNP 18884 88 13 flyways flyway NNS 18884 88 14 and and CC 18884 88 15 fewest few JJS 18884 88 16 in in IN 18884 88 17 the the DT 18884 88 18 Central Central NNP 18884 88 19 . . . 18884 89 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 89 2 are be VBP 18884 89 3 early early JJ 18884 89 4 migrants migrant NNS 18884 89 5 ; ; : 18884 89 6 most most JJS 18884 89 7 of of IN 18884 89 8 them -PRON- PRP 18884 89 9 have have VBP 18884 89 10 left leave VBN 18884 89 11 the the DT 18884 89 12 northern northern JJ 18884 89 13 States state NNS 18884 89 14 by by IN 18884 89 15 mid mid NNP 18884 89 16 - - NNP 18884 89 17 November November NNP 18884 89 18 . . . 18884 90 1 Frequents frequent NNS 18884 90 2 wooded woode VBD 18884 90 3 streams stream NNS 18884 90 4 and and CC 18884 90 5 ponds pond NNS 18884 90 6 ; ; , 18884 90 7 perches perch NNS 18884 90 8 in in IN 18884 90 9 trees tree NNS 18884 90 10 . . . 18884 91 1 Flies fly NNS 18884 91 2 through through IN 18884 91 3 thick thick JJ 18884 91 4 timber timber NN 18884 91 5 with with IN 18884 91 6 speed speed NN 18884 91 7 and and CC 18884 91 8 ease ease NN 18884 91 9 and and CC 18884 91 10 often often RB 18884 91 11 feeds feed VBZ 18884 91 12 on on IN 18884 91 13 acorns acorn NNS 18884 91 14 , , , 18884 91 15 berries berry NNS 18884 91 16 , , , 18884 91 17 and and CC 18884 91 18 grapes grape NNS 18884 91 19 on on IN 18884 91 20 the the DT 18884 91 21 forest forest NN 18884 91 22 floors floor NNS 18884 91 23 . . . 18884 92 1 Flight flight NN 18884 92 2 is be VBZ 18884 92 3 swift swift JJ 18884 92 4 and and CC 18884 92 5 direct direct JJ 18884 92 6 ; ; : 18884 92 7 flocks flock NNS 18884 92 8 are be VBP 18884 92 9 usually usually RB 18884 92 10 small small JJ 18884 92 11 . . . 18884 93 1 In in IN 18884 93 2 the the DT 18884 93 3 air air NN 18884 93 4 , , , 18884 93 5 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 93 6 wings wing NNS 18884 93 7 make make VBP 18884 93 8 a a DT 18884 93 9 rustling rustling NN 18884 93 10 , , , 18884 93 11 swishing swish VBG 18884 93 12 sound sound NN 18884 93 13 . . . 18884 94 1 Drakes drake NNS 18884 94 2 call call VBP 18884 94 3 _ _ NNP 18884 94 4 hoo hoo NNP 18884 94 5 - - HYPH 18884 94 6 w w NNP 18884 94 7 - - HYPH 18884 94 8 ett ett NNP 18884 94 9 _ _ NNP 18884 94 10 , , , 18884 94 11 often often RB 18884 94 12 in in IN 18884 94 13 flight flight NN 18884 94 14 ; ; : 18884 94 15 hens hen NNS 18884 94 16 have have VBP 18884 94 17 a a DT 18884 94 18 _ _ NNP 18884 94 19 cr cr NN 18884 94 20 - - HYPH 18884 94 21 r r NNP 18884 94 22 - - HYPH 18884 94 23 ek ek NNP 18884 94 24 _ _ NNP 18884 94 25 when when WRB 18884 94 26 frightened frighten VBD 18884 94 27 . . . 18884 95 1 Black Black NNP 18884 95 2 Duck Duck NNP 18884 95 3 Length--24 Length--24 NNP 18884 95 4 in in RP 18884 95 5 . . . 18884 96 1 Weight--2¾ Weight--2¾ NNP 18884 96 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 96 3 . . . 18884 97 1 A a DT 18884 97 2 bird bird NN 18884 97 3 of of IN 18884 97 4 the the DT 18884 97 5 eastern eastern JJ 18884 97 6 States States NNP 18884 97 7 , , , 18884 97 8 primarily primarily RB 18884 97 9 the the DT 18884 97 10 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 18884 97 11 Flyway Flyway NNP 18884 97 12 and and CC 18884 97 13 , , , 18884 97 14 to to IN 18884 97 15 a a DT 18884 97 16 lesser less JJR 18884 97 17 extent extent NN 18884 97 18 , , , 18884 97 19 the the DT 18884 97 20 Mississippi Mississippi NNP 18884 97 21 . . . 18884 98 1 Shy Shy NNP 18884 98 2 and and CC 18884 98 3 wary wary JJ 18884 98 4 , , , 18884 98 5 regarded regard VBD 18884 98 6 as as IN 18884 98 7 the the DT 18884 98 8 wariest wary JJS 18884 98 9 of of IN 18884 98 10 all all DT 18884 98 11 ducks duck NNS 18884 98 12 . . . 18884 99 1 Often often RB 18884 99 2 seen see VBN 18884 99 3 in in IN 18884 99 4 company company NN 18884 99 5 of of IN 18884 99 6 mallards mallard NNS 18884 99 7 , , , 18884 99 8 but but CC 18884 99 9 along along IN 18884 99 10 the the DT 18884 99 11 Atlantic atlantic JJ 18884 99 12 coast coast NN 18884 99 13 frequents frequent VBZ 18884 99 14 the the DT 18884 99 15 salt salt NN 18884 99 16 marshes marsh NNS 18884 99 17 and and CC 18884 99 18 ocean ocean NN 18884 99 19 much much RB 18884 99 20 more more JJR 18884 99 21 than than IN 18884 99 22 mallards mallard NNS 18884 99 23 . . . 18884 100 1 Flight flight NN 18884 100 2 is be VBZ 18884 100 3 swift swift JJ 18884 100 4 , , , 18884 100 5 usually usually RB 18884 100 6 in in IN 18884 100 7 small small JJ 18884 100 8 flocks flock NNS 18884 100 9 . . . 18884 101 1 White white JJ 18884 101 2 wing wing NN 18884 101 3 lining line VBG 18884 101 4 in in IN 18884 101 5 contrast contrast NN 18884 101 6 to to IN 18884 101 7 very very RB 18884 101 8 dark dark JJ 18884 101 9 body body NN 18884 101 10 plumage plumage NN 18884 101 11 is be VBZ 18884 101 12 a a DT 18884 101 13 good good JJ 18884 101 14 identification identification NN 18884 101 15 clue clue NN 18884 101 16 . . . 18884 102 1 The the DT 18884 102 2 hen hen NN 18884 102 3 's 's POS 18884 102 4 _ _ NNP 18884 102 5 quack quack UH 18884 102 6 _ _ NNP 18884 102 7 and and CC 18884 102 8 the the DT 18884 102 9 drake drake NN 18884 102 10 's 's POS 18884 102 11 _ _ NNP 18884 102 12 kwek kwek NN 18884 102 13 - - HYPH 18884 102 14 kwek kwek NNP 18884 102 15 _ _ NNP 18884 102 16 are be VBP 18884 102 17 duplicates duplicate NNS 18884 102 18 of of IN 18884 102 19 the the DT 18884 102 20 mallards mallard NNS 18884 102 21 . . . 18884 103 1 Diving Diving NNP 18884 103 2 Ducks Ducks NNPS 18884 103 3 Diving Diving NNP 18884 103 4 ducks duck NNS 18884 103 5 frequent frequent VB 18884 103 6 the the DT 18884 103 7 larger large JJR 18884 103 8 , , , 18884 103 9 deeper deep JJR 18884 103 10 lakes lake NNS 18884 103 11 and and CC 18884 103 12 rivers river NNS 18884 103 13 , , , 18884 103 14 and and CC 18884 103 15 coastal coastal JJ 18884 103 16 bays bay NNS 18884 103 17 and and CC 18884 103 18 inlets inlet NNS 18884 103 19 . . . 18884 104 1 The the DT 18884 104 2 colored colored JJ 18884 104 3 wing wing NN 18884 104 4 patches patch NNS 18884 104 5 of of IN 18884 104 6 these these DT 18884 104 7 birds bird NNS 18884 104 8 lack lack VBP 18884 104 9 the the DT 18884 104 10 brilliance brilliance NN 18884 104 11 of of IN 18884 104 12 the the DT 18884 104 13 speculums speculum NNS 18884 104 14 of of IN 18884 104 15 puddle puddle NNP 18884 104 16 ducks duck NNS 18884 104 17 . . . 18884 105 1 Since since IN 18884 105 2 many many JJ 18884 105 3 of of IN 18884 105 4 them -PRON- PRP 18884 105 5 have have VBP 18884 105 6 short short JJ 18884 105 7 tails tail NNS 18884 105 8 , , , 18884 105 9 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 105 10 huge huge JJ 18884 105 11 , , , 18884 105 12 paddle paddle JJ 18884 105 13 feet foot NNS 18884 105 14 may may MD 18884 105 15 be be VB 18884 105 16 used use VBN 18884 105 17 as as IN 18884 105 18 rudders rudder NNS 18884 105 19 in in IN 18884 105 20 flight flight NN 18884 105 21 , , , 18884 105 22 and and CC 18884 105 23 are be VBP 18884 105 24 often often RB 18884 105 25 visible visible JJ 18884 105 26 on on IN 18884 105 27 flying fly VBG 18884 105 28 birds bird NNS 18884 105 29 . . . 18884 106 1 When when WRB 18884 106 2 launching launch VBG 18884 106 3 into into IN 18884 106 4 flight flight NN 18884 106 5 , , , 18884 106 6 most most JJS 18884 106 7 of of IN 18884 106 8 this this DT 18884 106 9 group group NN 18884 106 10 patter patter NN 18884 106 11 along along IN 18884 106 12 the the DT 18884 106 13 water water NN 18884 106 14 before before IN 18884 106 15 becoming become VBG 18884 106 16 airborne airborne JJ 18884 106 17 . . . 18884 107 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 107 2 feed feed VBP 18884 107 3 by by IN 18884 107 4 diving diving NN 18884 107 5 , , , 18884 107 6 often often RB 18884 107 7 to to IN 18884 107 8 considerable considerable JJ 18884 107 9 depths depth NNS 18884 107 10 . . . 18884 108 1 To to TO 18884 108 2 escape escape VB 18884 108 3 danger danger NN 18884 108 4 , , , 18884 108 5 they -PRON- PRP 18884 108 6 can can MD 18884 108 7 travel travel VB 18884 108 8 great great JJ 18884 108 9 distances distance NNS 18884 108 10 underwater underwater JJ 18884 108 11 , , , 18884 108 12 emerging emerge VBG 18884 108 13 only only RB 18884 108 14 enough enough RB 18884 108 15 to to TO 18884 108 16 show show VB 18884 108 17 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 108 18 head head NN 18884 108 19 before before IN 18884 108 20 submerging submerge VBG 18884 108 21 again again RB 18884 108 22 . . . 18884 109 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 109 2 diets diet NNS 18884 109 3 of of IN 18884 109 4 fish fish NN 18884 109 5 , , , 18884 109 6 shellfish shellfish NN 18884 109 7 , , , 18884 109 8 mollusks mollusk NNS 18884 109 9 , , , 18884 109 10 and and CC 18884 109 11 aquatic aquatic JJ 18884 109 12 plants plant NNS 18884 109 13 make make VBP 18884 109 14 them -PRON- PRP 18884 109 15 second second JJ 18884 109 16 choice choice NN 18884 109 17 , , , 18884 109 18 as as IN 18884 109 19 a a DT 18884 109 20 group group NN 18884 109 21 , , , 18884 109 22 for for IN 18884 109 23 sportsmen sportsman NNS 18884 109 24 . . . 18884 110 1 Canvasbacks canvasback NNS 18884 110 2 and and CC 18884 110 3 redheads redhead NNS 18884 110 4 fattened fatten VBN 18884 110 5 on on IN 18884 110 6 eel eel NN 18884 110 7 grass grass NN 18884 110 8 or or CC 18884 110 9 wild wild JJ 18884 110 10 celery celery NN 18884 110 11 are be VBP 18884 110 12 notable notable JJ 18884 110 13 exceptions exception NNS 18884 110 14 . . . 18884 111 1 Since since IN 18884 111 2 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 111 3 wings wing NNS 18884 111 4 are be VBP 18884 111 5 smaller small JJR 18884 111 6 in in IN 18884 111 7 proportion proportion NN 18884 111 8 to to IN 18884 111 9 the the DT 18884 111 10 size size NN 18884 111 11 and and CC 18884 111 12 weight weight NN 18884 111 13 of of IN 18884 111 14 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 111 15 bodies body NNS 18884 111 16 , , , 18884 111 17 they -PRON- PRP 18884 111 18 have have VBP 18884 111 19 a a DT 18884 111 20 more more RBR 18884 111 21 rapid rapid JJ 18884 111 22 wingbeat wingbeat NN 18884 111 23 than than IN 18884 111 24 puddle puddle VB 18884 111 25 ducks duck NNS 18884 111 26 . . . 18884 112 1 Canvasback Canvasback NNP 18884 112 2 Length--22 Length--22 NNP 18884 112 3 in in IN 18884 112 4 . . . 18884 113 1 Weight--3 Weight--3 NNP 18884 113 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 113 3 . . . 18884 114 1 Normally normally RB 18884 114 2 late late JJ 18884 114 3 to to TO 18884 114 4 start start VB 18884 114 5 south south JJ 18884 114 6 , , , 18884 114 7 canvasbacks canvasback NNS 18884 114 8 migrate migrate VBP 18884 114 9 in in IN 18884 114 10 lines line NNS 18884 114 11 and and CC 18884 114 12 irregular irregular JJ 18884 114 13 V V NNP 18884 114 14 's 's POS 18884 114 15 . . . 18884 115 1 In in IN 18884 115 2 feeding feeding NN 18884 115 3 areas area NNS 18884 115 4 , , , 18884 115 5 compact compact JJ 18884 115 6 flocks flock NNS 18884 115 7 fly fly VBP 18884 115 8 in in IN 18884 115 9 indefinite indefinite JJ 18884 115 10 formations formation NNS 18884 115 11 . . . 18884 116 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 116 2 wingbeat wingbeat NN 18884 116 3 is be VBZ 18884 116 4 rapid rapid JJ 18884 116 5 and and CC 18884 116 6 noisy noisy JJ 18884 116 7 ; ; : 18884 116 8 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 116 9 speed speed NN 18884 116 10 is be VBZ 18884 116 11 the the DT 18884 116 12 swiftest swift JJS 18884 116 13 of of IN 18884 116 14 all all PDT 18884 116 15 our -PRON- PRP$ 18884 116 16 ducks duck NNS 18884 116 17 . . . 18884 117 1 Feeding feed VBG 18884 117 2 behavior behavior NN 18884 117 3 is be VBZ 18884 117 4 highly highly RB 18884 117 5 variable variable JJ 18884 117 6 . . . 18884 118 1 In in IN 18884 118 2 some some DT 18884 118 3 areas area NNS 18884 118 4 they -PRON- PRP 18884 118 5 feed feed VBP 18884 118 6 at at IN 18884 118 7 night night NN 18884 118 8 and and CC 18884 118 9 spend spend VB 18884 118 10 the the DT 18884 118 11 day day NN 18884 118 12 rafted raft VBN 18884 118 13 up up RP 18884 118 14 in in IN 18884 118 15 open open JJ 18884 118 16 waters water NNS 18884 118 17 ; ; : 18884 118 18 in in IN 18884 118 19 other other JJ 18884 118 20 areas area NNS 18884 118 21 they -PRON- PRP 18884 118 22 feed feed VBP 18884 118 23 inshore inshore JJ 18884 118 24 mornings morning NNS 18884 118 25 and and CC 18884 118 26 evenings evening NNS 18884 118 27 . . . 18884 119 1 On on IN 18884 119 2 the the DT 18884 119 3 water water NN 18884 119 4 , , , 18884 119 5 body body NN 18884 119 6 size size NN 18884 119 7 and and CC 18884 119 8 head head NN 18884 119 9 shape shape NN 18884 119 10 distinguish distinguish VB 18884 119 11 them -PRON- PRP 18884 119 12 from from IN 18884 119 13 scaups scaup NNS 18884 119 14 and and CC 18884 119 15 redheads redhead NNS 18884 119 16 . . . 18884 120 1 Drakes Drakes NNP 18884 120 2 _ _ NNP 18884 120 3 croak croak NN 18884 120 4 _ _ NNP 18884 120 5 , , , 18884 120 6 _ _ NNP 18884 120 7 peep peep NN 18884 120 8 _ _ NNP 18884 120 9 , , , 18884 120 10 and and CC 18884 120 11 _ _ NNP 18884 120 12 growl growl NNP 18884 120 13 _ _ NNP 18884 120 14 ; ; : 18884 120 15 hens hen NNS 18884 120 16 have have VBP 18884 120 17 a a DT 18884 120 18 mallard mallard NN 18884 120 19 - - HYPH 18884 120 20 like like JJ 18884 120 21 _ _ NNP 18884 120 22 quack quack UH 18884 120 23 _ _ NNP 18884 120 24 . . . 18884 121 1 Redheads redhead NNS 18884 121 2 Length--20 Length--20 NNP 18884 121 3 in in RB 18884 121 4 . . . 18884 122 1 Weight--2½ weight--2½ CD 18884 122 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 122 3 . . . 18884 123 1 Range range VB 18884 123 2 coast coast NN 18884 123 3 to to IN 18884 123 4 coast coast NN 18884 123 5 , , , 18884 123 6 with with IN 18884 123 7 the the DT 18884 123 8 largest large JJS 18884 123 9 numbers number NNS 18884 123 10 in in IN 18884 123 11 the the DT 18884 123 12 Central Central NNP 18884 123 13 Flyway Flyway NNP 18884 123 14 . . . 18884 124 1 Migratory migratory NN 18884 124 2 flocks flock NNS 18884 124 3 travel travel VBP 18884 124 4 in in IN 18884 124 5 V V NNP 18884 124 6 's 's POS 18884 124 7 ; ; : 18884 124 8 move move NN 18884 124 9 in in IN 18884 124 10 irregular irregular JJ 18884 124 11 formations formation NNS 18884 124 12 over over IN 18884 124 13 feeding feeding NN 18884 124 14 areas area NNS 18884 124 15 . . . 18884 125 1 Often often RB 18884 125 2 found find VBN 18884 125 3 associating associate VBG 18884 125 4 with with IN 18884 125 5 canvasback canvasback NN 18884 125 6 . . . 18884 126 1 In in IN 18884 126 2 the the DT 18884 126 3 air air NN 18884 126 4 , , , 18884 126 5 they -PRON- PRP 18884 126 6 give give VBP 18884 126 7 the the DT 18884 126 8 impression impression NN 18884 126 9 of of IN 18884 126 10 always always RB 18884 126 11 being be VBG 18884 126 12 in in IN 18884 126 13 a a DT 18884 126 14 hurry hurry NN 18884 126 15 . . . 18884 127 1 Usually usually RB 18884 127 2 spend spend VB 18884 127 3 the the DT 18884 127 4 day day NN 18884 127 5 in in IN 18884 127 6 large large JJ 18884 127 7 rafts raft NNS 18884 127 8 in in IN 18884 127 9 deep deep JJ 18884 127 10 water water NN 18884 127 11 ; ; : 18884 127 12 feed feed VB 18884 127 13 morning morning NN 18884 127 14 and and CC 18884 127 15 evening evening NN 18884 127 16 in in IN 18884 127 17 shallower shallow JJR 18884 127 18 sections section NNS 18884 127 19 . . . 18884 128 1 Drakes Drakes NNP 18884 128 2 _ _ NNP 18884 128 3 purr purr NN 18884 128 4 _ _ NNP 18884 128 5 and and CC 18884 128 6 _ _ NNP 18884 128 7 meow meow NNP 18884 128 8 _ _ NNP 18884 128 9 ; ; : 18884 128 10 hens hen NNS 18884 128 11 have have VBP 18884 128 12 a a DT 18884 128 13 loud loud JJ 18884 128 14 _ _ NNP 18884 128 15 squak squak NN 18884 128 16 _ _ NNP 18884 128 17 , , , 18884 128 18 higher high JJR 18884 128 19 than than IN 18884 128 20 a a DT 18884 128 21 hen hen NN 18884 128 22 mallard mallard NNP 18884 128 23 's 's POS 18884 128 24 . . . 18884 129 1 Ringneck Ringneck NNP 18884 129 2 Length--17 Length--17 NNP 18884 129 3 in in IN 18884 129 4 . . . 18884 130 1 Weight--2½ weight--2½ CD 18884 130 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 130 3 . . . 18884 131 1 Similar similar JJ 18884 131 2 in in IN 18884 131 3 appearance appearance NN 18884 131 4 to to IN 18884 131 5 scaups scaup NNS 18884 131 6 , , , 18884 131 7 but but CC 18884 131 8 more more RBR 18884 131 9 often often RB 18884 131 10 found find VBN 18884 131 11 in in IN 18884 131 12 fresh fresh JJ 18884 131 13 marshes marsh NNS 18884 131 14 and and CC 18884 131 15 wooded wooded JJ 18884 131 16 ponds pond NNS 18884 131 17 . . . 18884 132 1 In in IN 18884 132 2 flight flight NN 18884 132 3 , , , 18884 132 4 the the DT 18884 132 5 dark dark JJ 18884 132 6 wings wing NNS 18884 132 7 are be VBP 18884 132 8 different different JJ 18884 132 9 from from IN 18884 132 10 the the DT 18884 132 11 white white JJ 18884 132 12 - - HYPH 18884 132 13 edged edge VBN 18884 132 14 wings wing NNS 18884 132 15 of of IN 18884 132 16 scaup scaup NN 18884 132 17 . . . 18884 133 1 Faint faint JJ 18884 133 2 brown brown JJ 18884 133 3 ring ring NN 18884 133 4 on on IN 18884 133 5 drake drake NNP 18884 133 6 's 's POS 18884 133 7 neck neck NN 18884 133 8 never never RB 18884 133 9 shows show VBZ 18884 133 10 in in IN 18884 133 11 the the DT 18884 133 12 field field NN 18884 133 13 ; ; : 18884 133 14 light light JJ 18884 133 15 bands band NNS 18884 133 16 at at IN 18884 133 17 tip tip NN 18884 133 18 and and CC 18884 133 19 base base NN 18884 133 20 of of IN 18884 133 21 bill bill NN 18884 133 22 are be VBP 18884 133 23 conspicuous conspicuous JJ 18884 133 24 . . . 18884 134 1 Fly fly VB 18884 134 2 as as IN 18884 134 3 small small JJ 18884 134 4 flocks flock NNS 18884 134 5 in in IN 18884 134 6 open open JJ 18884 134 7 formation formation NN 18884 134 8 ; ; : 18884 134 9 often often RB 18884 134 10 land land VBP 18884 134 11 without without IN 18884 134 12 circling circle VBG 18884 134 13 . . . 18884 135 1 Drakes Drakes NNP 18884 135 2 _ _ NNP 18884 135 3 purr purr NN 18884 135 4 _ _ NNP 18884 135 5 ; ; : 18884 135 6 hens hen NNS 18884 135 7 are be VBP 18884 135 8 usually usually RB 18884 135 9 silent silent JJ 18884 135 10 . . . 18884 136 1 Scaup Scaup NNP 18884 136 2 Greater Greater NNP 18884 136 3 -- -- : 18884 136 4 Length--18½ Length--18½ NNP 18884 136 5 in in RP 18884 136 6 . . . 18884 137 1 Weight--2 Weight--2 NNP 18884 137 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 137 3 . . . 18884 138 1 Lesser less JJR 18884 138 2 -- -- : 18884 138 3 Length--17 Length--17 NNP 18884 138 4 in in IN 18884 138 5 . . . 18884 139 1 Weight--1 Weight--1 : 18884 139 2 - - : 18884 139 3 7/8 7/8 CD 18884 139 4 lbs lbs NN 18884 139 5 . . . 18884 140 1 Except except IN 18884 140 2 for for IN 18884 140 3 the the DT 18884 140 4 wing wing NN 18884 140 5 marks mark NNS 18884 140 6 , , , 18884 140 7 greater great JJR 18884 140 8 and and CC 18884 140 9 lesser less JJR 18884 140 10 scaup scaup NN 18884 140 11 appear appear VBP 18884 140 12 nearly nearly RB 18884 140 13 identical identical JJ 18884 140 14 in in IN 18884 140 15 the the DT 18884 140 16 field field NN 18884 140 17 . . . 18884 141 1 The the DT 18884 141 2 light light JJ 18884 141 3 band band NN 18884 141 4 near near IN 18884 141 5 the the DT 18884 141 6 trailing trail VBG 18884 141 7 edges edge NNS 18884 141 8 of of IN 18884 141 9 the the DT 18884 141 10 wings wing NNS 18884 141 11 runs run VBZ 18884 141 12 almost almost RB 18884 141 13 to to IN 18884 141 14 the the DT 18884 141 15 tip tip NN 18884 141 16 in in IN 18884 141 17 the the DT 18884 141 18 greater great JJR 18884 141 19 scaup scaup NN 18884 141 20 , , , 18884 141 21 but but CC 18884 141 22 only only RB 18884 141 23 about about IN 18884 141 24 half half JJ 18884 141 25 way way NN 18884 141 26 in in IN 18884 141 27 the the DT 18884 141 28 lesser less JJR 18884 141 29 . . . 18884 142 1 Greater great JJR 18884 142 2 scaup scaup NN 18884 142 3 prefer prefer VBP 18884 142 4 large large JJ 18884 142 5 open open JJ 18884 142 6 water water NN 18884 142 7 areas area NNS 18884 142 8 ; ; : 18884 142 9 lesser less JJR 18884 142 10 scaup scaup NN 18884 142 11 often often RB 18884 142 12 use use VBP 18884 142 13 marshes marsh NNS 18884 142 14 and and CC 18884 142 15 ponds pond NNS 18884 142 16 . . . 18884 143 1 Both both DT 18884 143 2 species specie NNS 18884 143 3 migrate migrate VBP 18884 143 4 late late RB 18884 143 5 , , , 18884 143 6 sometimes sometimes RB 18884 143 7 just just RB 18884 143 8 before before IN 18884 143 9 freezeup freezeup NN 18884 143 10 . . . 18884 144 1 Flock flock NN 18884 144 2 movements movement NNS 18884 144 3 are be VBP 18884 144 4 rapid rapid JJ 18884 144 5 , , , 18884 144 6 often often RB 18884 144 7 erratic erratic JJ 18884 144 8 , , , 18884 144 9 usually usually RB 18884 144 10 in in IN 18884 144 11 compact compact JJ 18884 144 12 groups group NNS 18884 144 13 . . . 18884 145 1 Hens hen NNS 18884 145 2 are be VBP 18884 145 3 silent silent JJ 18884 145 4 ; ; : 18884 145 5 drake drake NNP 18884 145 6 lesser less JJR 18884 145 7 scaup scaup NNP 18884 145 8 _ _ NNP 18884 145 9 purr purr NNP 18884 145 10 _ _ NNP 18884 145 11 ; ; : 18884 145 12 drake drake NNP 18884 145 13 greater great JJR 18884 145 14 scaup scaup NNP 18884 145 15 have have VB 18884 145 16 a a DT 18884 145 17 discordant discordant JJ 18884 145 18 _ _ NNP 18884 145 19 scaup scaup NN 18884 145 20 , , , 18884 145 21 scaup scaup NNP 18884 145 22 _ _ NNP 18884 145 23 . . . 18884 146 1 Goldeneye Goldeneye NNP 18884 146 2 Common Common NNP 18884 146 3 -- -- : 18884 146 4 Length--19 Length--19 NNP 18884 146 5 in in IN 18884 146 6 . . . 18884 147 1 Weight--2¼ Weight--2¼ NNP 18884 147 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 147 3 . . . 18884 148 1 Barrow's Barrow's NNP 18884 148 2 -- -- : 18884 148 3 Length--19 Length--19 NNP 18884 148 4 in in IN 18884 148 5 . . . 18884 149 1 Weight--2¾ Weight--2¾ NNP 18884 149 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 149 3 . . . 18884 150 1 These these DT 18884 150 2 are be VBP 18884 150 3 active active JJ 18884 150 4 , , , 18884 150 5 strong strong JJ 18884 150 6 - - HYPH 18884 150 7 winged wing VBN 18884 150 8 fliers flier NNS 18884 150 9 moving move VBG 18884 150 10 singly singly RB 18884 150 11 or or CC 18884 150 12 in in IN 18884 150 13 small small JJ 18884 150 14 flocks flock NNS 18884 150 15 , , , 18884 150 16 often often RB 18884 150 17 high high RB 18884 150 18 in in IN 18884 150 19 the the DT 18884 150 20 air air NN 18884 150 21 . . . 18884 151 1 Distinctive distinctive JJ 18884 151 2 wing wing NN 18884 151 3 - - HYPH 18884 151 4 whistling whistle VBG 18884 151 5 sound sound NN 18884 151 6 in in IN 18884 151 7 flight flight NN 18884 151 8 has have VBZ 18884 151 9 earned earn VBN 18884 151 10 the the DT 18884 151 11 name name NN 18884 151 12 of of IN 18884 151 13 whistlers whistler NNS 18884 151 14 . . . 18884 152 1 Goldeneyes Goldeneyes NNP 18884 152 2 generally generally RB 18884 152 3 move move VBP 18884 152 4 south south RB 18884 152 5 late late RB 18884 152 6 in in IN 18884 152 7 the the DT 18884 152 8 season season NN 18884 152 9 ; ; : 18884 152 10 most most JJS 18884 152 11 of of IN 18884 152 12 them -PRON- PRP 18884 152 13 winter winter NN 18884 152 14 on on IN 18884 152 15 coastal coastal JJ 18884 152 16 waters water NNS 18884 152 17 and and CC 18884 152 18 the the DT 18884 152 19 Great Great NNP 18884 152 20 Lakes Lakes NNPS 18884 152 21 . . . 18884 153 1 Inland inland RB 18884 153 2 , , , 18884 153 3 they -PRON- PRP 18884 153 4 like like VBP 18884 153 5 rapids rapid NNS 18884 153 6 and and CC 18884 153 7 fast fast JJ 18884 153 8 water water NN 18884 153 9 . . . 18884 154 1 Barrow Barrow NNP 18884 154 2 's 's POS 18884 154 3 goldeneye goldeneye NN 18884 154 4 , , , 18884 154 5 predominantly predominantly RB 18884 154 6 a a DT 18884 154 7 Westerner Westerner NNP 18884 154 8 , , , 18884 154 9 is be VBZ 18884 154 10 less less RBR 18884 154 11 wary wary JJ 18884 154 12 than than IN 18884 154 13 the the DT 18884 154 14 common common JJ 18884 154 15 goldeneye goldeneye NN 18884 154 16 . . . 18884 155 1 Hens hen NNS 18884 155 2 of of IN 18884 155 3 both both DT 18884 155 4 species specie NNS 18884 155 5 are be VBP 18884 155 6 look look NN 18884 155 7 - - HYPH 18884 155 8 alikes alike NNS 18884 155 9 . . . 18884 156 1 Drakes drake NNS 18884 156 2 have have VBP 18884 156 3 a a DT 18884 156 4 piercing pierce VBG 18884 156 5 _ _ NNP 18884 156 6 speer speer NN 18884 156 7 - - HYPH 18884 156 8 speer_--hens speer_--hens FW 18884 156 9 a a DT 18884 156 10 low low JJ 18884 156 11 _ _ NNP 18884 156 12 quack quack UH 18884 156 13 _ _ NNP 18884 156 14 . . . 18884 157 1 Both both DT 18884 157 2 are be VBP 18884 157 3 usually usually RB 18884 157 4 quiet quiet JJ 18884 157 5 . . . 18884 158 1 Bufflehead bufflehead JJ 18884 158 2 Length--14½ Length--14½ NNP 18884 158 3 in in RP 18884 158 4 . . . 18884 159 1 Weight--1 weight--1 ADD 18884 159 2 lb lb IN 18884 159 3 . . . 18884 160 1 Stragglers straggler NNS 18884 160 2 migrate migrate VBP 18884 160 3 south south RB 18884 160 4 in in IN 18884 160 5 mid mid NN 18884 160 6 - - NN 18884 160 7 fall fall NN 18884 160 8 , , , 18884 160 9 but but CC 18884 160 10 the the DT 18884 160 11 largest large JJS 18884 160 12 numbers number NNS 18884 160 13 move move VBP 18884 160 14 just just RB 18884 160 15 ahead ahead RB 18884 160 16 of of IN 18884 160 17 freezeup freezeup NN 18884 160 18 . . . 18884 161 1 Most Most JJS 18884 161 2 flocks flock NNS 18884 161 3 in in IN 18884 161 4 feeding feeding NN 18884 161 5 areas area NNS 18884 161 6 are be VBP 18884 161 7 small--5 small--5 . 18884 161 8 or or CC 18884 161 9 6 6 CD 18884 161 10 birds bird NNS 18884 161 11 , , , 18884 161 12 with with IN 18884 161 13 more more JJR 18884 161 14 hens hen NNS 18884 161 15 and and CC 18884 161 16 immatures immature NNS 18884 161 17 than than IN 18884 161 18 adult adult NN 18884 161 19 drakes drake NNS 18884 161 20 . . . 18884 162 1 Very very RB 18884 162 2 small small JJ 18884 162 3 size size NN 18884 162 4 , , , 18884 162 5 bold bold JJ 18884 162 6 black black JJ 18884 162 7 and and CC 18884 162 8 white white JJ 18884 162 9 color color NN 18884 162 10 pattern pattern NN 18884 162 11 , , , 18884 162 12 and and CC 18884 162 13 low low JJ 18884 162 14 , , , 18884 162 15 swift swift JJ 18884 162 16 flight flight NN 18884 162 17 are be VBP 18884 162 18 field field NN 18884 162 19 marks mark NNS 18884 162 20 . . . 18884 163 1 Unlike unlike IN 18884 163 2 most most JJS 18884 163 3 divers diver NNS 18884 163 4 , , , 18884 163 5 they -PRON- PRP 18884 163 6 can can MD 18884 163 7 fly fly VB 18884 163 8 straight straight RB 18884 163 9 up up RB 18884 163 10 from from IN 18884 163 11 a a DT 18884 163 12 watery watery JJ 18884 163 13 takeoff takeoff NN 18884 163 14 . . . 18884 164 1 Largest large JJS 18884 164 2 concentrations concentration NNS 18884 164 3 are be VBP 18884 164 4 on on IN 18884 164 5 both both DT 18884 164 6 seacoasts seacoast NNS 18884 164 7 and and CC 18884 164 8 along along IN 18884 164 9 the the DT 18884 164 10 Gulf Gulf NNP 18884 164 11 of of IN 18884 164 12 Mexico Mexico NNP 18884 164 13 . . . 18884 165 1 Inland inland RB 18884 165 2 , , , 18884 165 3 they -PRON- PRP 18884 165 4 will will MD 18884 165 5 remain remain VB 18884 165 6 as as RB 18884 165 7 far far RB 18884 165 8 north north RB 18884 165 9 as as IN 18884 165 10 open open JJ 18884 165 11 water water NN 18884 165 12 permits permit NNS 18884 165 13 . . . 18884 166 1 Usually usually RB 18884 166 2 silent silent JJ 18884 166 3 . . . 18884 167 1 Drakes Drakes NNP 18884 167 2 _ _ NNP 18884 167 3 squeak squeak NN 18884 167 4 _ _ NNP 18884 167 5 and and CC 18884 167 6 have have VB 18884 167 7 a a DT 18884 167 8 guttural guttural JJ 18884 167 9 note note NN 18884 167 10 ; ; : 18884 167 11 hens hen NNS 18884 167 12 _ _ NNP 18884 167 13 quack quack UH 18884 167 14 _ _ NNP 18884 167 15 weakly weakly RB 18884 167 16 . . . 18884 168 1 Ruddy Ruddy NNP 18884 168 2 Length--15½ Length--15½ NNP 18884 168 3 in in RP 18884 168 4 . . . 18884 169 1 Weight--1 Weight--1 : 18884 169 2 - - : 18884 169 3 1/3 1/3 CD 18884 169 4 lbs lbs NN 18884 169 5 . . . 18884 170 1 The the DT 18884 170 2 ruddy ruddy NN 18884 170 3 duck duck NN 18884 170 4 often often RB 18884 170 5 dives dive VBZ 18884 170 6 or or CC 18884 170 7 swims swim VBZ 18884 170 8 away away RB 18884 170 9 from from IN 18884 170 10 danger danger NN 18884 170 11 rather rather RB 18884 170 12 than than IN 18884 170 13 flying fly VBG 18884 170 14 . . . 18884 171 1 When when WRB 18884 171 2 flying fly VBG 18884 171 3 , , , 18884 171 4 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 171 5 small small JJ 18884 171 6 wings wing NNS 18884 171 7 stroke stroke VBP 18884 171 8 so so RB 18884 171 9 fast fast RB 18884 171 10 they -PRON- PRP 18884 171 11 resemble resemble VBP 18884 171 12 bumblebees bumblebee NNS 18884 171 13 . . . 18884 172 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 172 2 are be VBP 18884 172 3 early early JJ 18884 172 4 to to IN 18884 172 5 mid mid NN 18884 172 6 - - NN 18884 172 7 fall fall NN 18884 172 8 migrants migrant NNS 18884 172 9 . . . 18884 173 1 Drakes drake NNS 18884 173 2 often often RB 18884 173 3 cock cock VBP 18884 173 4 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 173 5 tails tail NNS 18884 173 6 upright upright JJ 18884 173 7 at at IN 18884 173 8 an an DT 18884 173 9 angle angle NN 18884 173 10 , , , 18884 173 11 the the DT 18884 173 12 only only JJ 18884 173 13 species specie NNS 18884 173 14 to to TO 18884 173 15 habitually habitually RB 18884 173 16 do do VB 18884 173 17 so so RB 18884 173 18 . . . 18884 174 1 Both both DT 18884 174 2 hens hen NNS 18884 174 3 and and CC 18884 174 4 drakes drake NNS 18884 174 5 are be VBP 18884 174 6 silent silent JJ 18884 174 7 in in IN 18884 174 8 the the DT 18884 174 9 fall fall NN 18884 174 10 . . . 18884 175 1 Red red JJ 18884 175 2 - - HYPH 18884 175 3 Breasted Breasted NNP 18884 175 4 Merganser Merganser NNP 18884 175 5 Length--23 Length--23 NNP 18884 175 6 in in IN 18884 175 7 . . . 18884 176 1 Weight--2½ weight--2½ CD 18884 176 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 176 3 . . . 18884 177 1 These these DT 18884 177 2 birds bird NNS 18884 177 3 winter winter VBP 18884 177 4 most most RBS 18884 177 5 abundantly abundantly RB 18884 177 6 in in IN 18884 177 7 coastal coastal JJ 18884 177 8 waters water NNS 18884 177 9 , , , 18884 177 10 including include VBG 18884 177 11 the the DT 18884 177 12 Gulf Gulf NNP 18884 177 13 of of IN 18884 177 14 Mexico Mexico NNP 18884 177 15 , , , 18884 177 16 and and CC 18884 177 17 to to IN 18884 177 18 a a DT 18884 177 19 lesser less JJR 18884 177 20 extent extent NN 18884 177 21 , , , 18884 177 22 the the DT 18884 177 23 Great Great NNP 18884 177 24 Lakes Lakes NNPS 18884 177 25 . . . 18884 178 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 178 2 flight flight NN 18884 178 3 , , , 18884 178 4 strong strong JJ 18884 178 5 and and CC 18884 178 6 direct direct JJ 18884 178 7 , , , 18884 178 8 is be VBZ 18884 178 9 usually usually RB 18884 178 10 low low JJ 18884 178 11 over over IN 18884 178 12 the the DT 18884 178 13 water water NN 18884 178 14 . . . 18884 179 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 179 2 are be VBP 18884 179 3 difficult difficult JJ 18884 179 4 to to TO 18884 179 5 distinguish distinguish VB 18884 179 6 in in IN 18884 179 7 flight flight NN 18884 179 8 from from IN 18884 179 9 the the DT 18884 179 10 common common JJ 18884 179 11 merganser merganser NN 18884 179 12 . . . 18884 180 1 Voice voice NN 18884 180 2 : : : 18884 180 3 Seldom seldom RB 18884 180 4 heard hear VBD 18884 180 5 . . . 18884 181 1 Common Common NNP 18884 181 2 Merganser Merganser NNP 18884 181 3 Length--25½ length--25½ NN 18884 181 4 in in RP 18884 181 5 . . . 18884 182 1 Weight--2½ weight--2½ CD 18884 182 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 182 3 . . . 18884 183 1 This this DT 18884 183 2 species species NN 18884 183 3 is be VBZ 18884 183 4 larger large JJR 18884 183 5 than than IN 18884 183 6 the the DT 18884 183 7 red red JJ 18884 183 8 - - HYPH 18884 183 9 breasted breasted JJ 18884 183 10 merganser merganser NN 18884 183 11 , , , 18884 183 12 and and CC 18884 183 13 is be VBZ 18884 183 14 one one CD 18884 183 15 of of IN 18884 183 16 the the DT 18884 183 17 largest large JJS 18884 183 18 of of IN 18884 183 19 our -PRON- PRP$ 18884 183 20 ducks duck NNS 18884 183 21 . . . 18884 184 1 It -PRON- PRP 18884 184 2 is be VBZ 18884 184 3 one one CD 18884 184 4 of of IN 18884 184 5 the the DT 18884 184 6 last last JJ 18884 184 7 to to TO 18884 184 8 migrate migrate VB 18884 184 9 south south NNP 18884 184 10 , , , 18884 184 11 and and CC 18884 184 12 is be VBZ 18884 184 13 more more RBR 18884 184 14 common common JJ 18884 184 15 than than IN 18884 184 16 the the DT 18884 184 17 red red JJ 18884 184 18 - - HYPH 18884 184 19 breasted breasted JJ 18884 184 20 merganser merganser NN 18884 184 21 on on IN 18884 184 22 inland inland JJ 18884 184 23 waters water NNS 18884 184 24 . . . 18884 185 1 Flocks flock NNS 18884 185 2 move move VBP 18884 185 3 in in IN 18884 185 4 " " `` 18884 185 5 follow follow VB 18884 185 6 the the DT 18884 185 7 leader leader NN 18884 185 8 " " '' 18884 185 9 style style NN 18884 185 10 , , , 18884 185 11 low low JJ 18884 185 12 over over IN 18884 185 13 the the DT 18884 185 14 water water NN 18884 185 15 . . . 18884 186 1 The the DT 18884 186 2 only only JJ 18884 186 3 call call NN 18884 186 4 seems seem VBZ 18884 186 5 to to TO 18884 186 6 be be VB 18884 186 7 a a DT 18884 186 8 startled startled JJ 18884 186 9 _ _ NNP 18884 186 10 croak croak NN 18884 186 11 _ _ NNP 18884 186 12 . . . 18884 187 1 Hooded Hooded NNP 18884 187 2 Merganser Merganser NNP 18884 187 3 Length--18 Length--18 NNP 18884 187 4 in in IN 18884 187 5 . . . 18884 188 1 Weight--1½ Weight--1½ NFP 18884 188 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 188 3 . . . 18884 189 1 Often often RB 18884 189 2 seen see VBN 18884 189 3 in in IN 18884 189 4 pairs pair NNS 18884 189 5 , , , 18884 189 6 or or CC 18884 189 7 very very RB 18884 189 8 small small JJ 18884 189 9 flocks flock NNS 18884 189 10 . . . 18884 190 1 Short short JJ 18884 190 2 rapid rapid JJ 18884 190 3 wingstrokes wingstroke NNS 18884 190 4 create create VBP 18884 190 5 an an DT 18884 190 6 impression impression NN 18884 190 7 of of IN 18884 190 8 great great JJ 18884 190 9 speed speed NN 18884 190 10 . . . 18884 191 1 Winters winter NNS 18884 191 2 in in IN 18884 191 3 the the DT 18884 191 4 inland inland JJ 18884 191 5 waters water NNS 18884 191 6 of of IN 18884 191 7 all all DT 18884 191 8 coastal coastal JJ 18884 191 9 States state NNS 18884 191 10 ; ; : 18884 191 11 seldom seldom RB 18884 191 12 goes go VBZ 18884 191 13 to to IN 18884 191 14 salt salt NN 18884 191 15 water water NN 18884 191 16 . . . 18884 192 1 Voice voice NN 18884 192 2 : : : 18884 192 3 Seldom seldom RB 18884 192 4 heard hear VBD 18884 192 5 in in IN 18884 192 6 fall fall NN 18884 192 7 . . . 18884 193 1 Whistling Whistling NNP 18884 193 2 Ducks Ducks NNPS 18884 193 3 Length--18 Length--18 NNP 18884 193 4 - - HYPH 18884 193 5 19 19 CD 18884 193 6 in in IN 18884 193 7 . . . 18884 194 1 Weight--1¾ Weight--1¾ NNP 18884 194 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 194 3 . . . 18884 195 1 The the DT 18884 195 2 trailing trail VBG 18884 195 3 legs leg NNS 18884 195 4 and and CC 18884 195 5 rounded rounded JJ 18884 195 6 wings wing NNS 18884 195 7 of of IN 18884 195 8 these these DT 18884 195 9 slow slow JJ 18884 195 10 flying flying NN 18884 195 11 ducks duck NNS 18884 195 12 makes make VBZ 18884 195 13 them -PRON- PRP 18884 195 14 look look VB 18884 195 15 bigger big JJR 18884 195 16 than than IN 18884 195 17 they -PRON- PRP 18884 195 18 are be VBP 18884 195 19 . . . 18884 196 1 Both both DT 18884 196 2 species specie NNS 18884 196 3 are be VBP 18884 196 4 primarily primarily RB 18884 196 5 Mexican mexican JJ 18884 196 6 . . . 18884 197 1 In in IN 18884 197 2 the the DT 18884 197 3 U.S. U.S. NNP 18884 197 4 , , , 18884 197 5 the the DT 18884 197 6 black black NN 18884 197 7 - - HYPH 18884 197 8 bellied bellied JJ 18884 197 9 is be VBZ 18884 197 10 found find VBN 18884 197 11 only only RB 18884 197 12 in in IN 18884 197 13 south south JJ 18884 197 14 Texas Texas NNP 18884 197 15 and and CC 18884 197 16 Louisiana Louisiana NNP 18884 197 17 . . . 18884 198 1 The the DT 18884 198 2 fulvous fulvous NN 18884 198 3 also also RB 18884 198 4 occurs occur VBZ 18884 198 5 there there RB 18884 198 6 and and CC 18884 198 7 in in IN 18884 198 8 Florida Florida NNP 18884 198 9 with with IN 18884 198 10 occasional occasional JJ 18884 198 11 stragglers straggler NNS 18884 198 12 further further RB 18884 198 13 north north RB 18884 198 14 along along IN 18884 198 15 both both DT 18884 198 16 coasts coast NNS 18884 198 17 and and CC 18884 198 18 the the DT 18884 198 19 Mississippi Mississippi NNP 18884 198 20 Valley Valley NNP 18884 198 21 . . . 18884 199 1 The the DT 18884 199 2 fulvous fulvous JJ 18884 199 3 is be VBZ 18884 199 4 the the DT 18884 199 5 more more RBR 18884 199 6 common common JJ 18884 199 7 of of IN 18884 199 8 the the DT 18884 199 9 two two CD 18884 199 10 species specie NNS 18884 199 11 in in IN 18884 199 12 the the DT 18884 199 13 United United NNP 18884 199 14 States States NNP 18884 199 15 . . . 18884 200 1 Sexes sex NNS 18884 200 2 are be VBP 18884 200 3 alike alike JJ 18884 200 4 . . . 18884 201 1 Both both DT 18884 201 2 species specie NNS 18884 201 3 have have VBP 18884 201 4 shrill shrill NNP 18884 201 5 whistling whistle VBG 18884 201 6 calls call NNS 18884 201 7 . . . 18884 202 1 White white JJ 18884 202 2 - - HYPH 18884 202 3 Winged Winged NNP 18884 202 4 Scoter Scoter NNP 18884 202 5 Length--21½ Length--21½ NNP 18884 202 6 in in RP 18884 202 7 . . . 18884 203 1 Weight--3½ weight--3½ NN 18884 203 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 203 3 . . . 18884 204 1 The the DT 18884 204 2 three three CD 18884 204 3 scoters scoter NNS 18884 204 4 on on IN 18884 204 5 these these DT 18884 204 6 two two CD 18884 204 7 pages page NNS 18884 204 8 are be VBP 18884 204 9 sea sea NN 18884 204 10 ducks duck NNS 18884 204 11 , , , 18884 204 12 wintering winter VBG 18884 204 13 on on IN 18884 204 14 open open JJ 18884 204 15 coastal coastal JJ 18884 204 16 waters water NNS 18884 204 17 . . . 18884 205 1 White white JJ 18884 205 2 - - HYPH 18884 205 3 wings wing NNS 18884 205 4 are be VBP 18884 205 5 among among IN 18884 205 6 the the DT 18884 205 7 heaviest heavy JJS 18884 205 8 and and CC 18884 205 9 largest large JJS 18884 205 10 of of IN 18884 205 11 all all DT 18884 205 12 ducks duck NNS 18884 205 13 . . . 18884 206 1 Surf Surf NNP 18884 206 2 Scoter Scoter NNP 18884 206 3 Length--19½ Length--19½ NNP 18884 206 4 in in RP 18884 206 5 . . . 18884 207 1 Weight--2 Weight--2 NNP 18884 207 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 207 3 . . . 18884 208 1 Like like IN 18884 208 2 all all DT 18884 208 3 scoters scoter NNS 18884 208 4 , , , 18884 208 5 these these DT 18884 208 6 birds bird NNS 18884 208 7 move move VBP 18884 208 8 along along IN 18884 208 9 our -PRON- PRP$ 18884 208 10 coasts coast NNS 18884 208 11 in in IN 18884 208 12 loose loose JJ 18884 208 13 flocks flock NNS 18884 208 14 , , , 18884 208 15 stringing string VBG 18884 208 16 into into IN 18884 208 17 irregular irregular JJ 18884 208 18 , , , 18884 208 19 wavy wavy NNP 18884 208 20 lines line NNS 18884 208 21 . . . 18884 209 1 Drakes drake NNS 18884 209 2 can can MD 18884 209 3 be be VB 18884 209 4 distinguished distinguish VBN 18884 209 5 from from IN 18884 209 6 other other JJ 18884 209 7 scoters scoter NNS 18884 209 8 by by IN 18884 209 9 two two CD 18884 209 10 white white JJ 18884 209 11 patches patch NNS 18884 209 12 on on IN 18884 209 13 their -PRON- PRP$ 18884 209 14 head head NN 18884 209 15 and and CC 18884 209 16 the the DT 18884 209 17 bright bright JJ 18884 209 18 color color NN 18884 209 19 of of IN 18884 209 20 the the DT 18884 209 21 bill bill NN 18884 209 22 . . . 18884 210 1 Flight flight NN 18884 210 2 is be VBZ 18884 210 3 strong strong JJ 18884 210 4 , , , 18884 210 5 direct direct JJ 18884 210 6 , , , 18884 210 7 usually usually RB 18884 210 8 close close JJ 18884 210 9 to to IN 18884 210 10 the the DT 18884 210 11 waves wave NNS 18884 210 12 . . . 18884 211 1 Black Black NNP 18884 211 2 Scoter Scoter NNP 18884 211 3 Length--19½ Length--19½ NNP 18884 211 4 in in RP 18884 211 5 . . . 18884 212 1 Weight--2½ weight--2½ CD 18884 212 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 212 3 . . . 18884 213 1 In in IN 18884 213 2 flight flight NN 18884 213 3 , , , 18884 213 4 drakes drake VBZ 18884 213 5 appear appear VBP 18884 213 6 all all DT 18884 213 7 black black JJ 18884 213 8 except except IN 18884 213 9 for for IN 18884 213 10 the the DT 18884 213 11 flash flash NN 18884 213 12 of of IN 18884 213 13 the the DT 18884 213 14 slight slight JJ 18884 213 15 gray gray JJ 18884 213 16 underwing underwing NN 18884 213 17 and and CC 18884 213 18 the the DT 18884 213 19 bright bright JJ 18884 213 20 yellow yellow JJ 18884 213 21 swelling swell VBG 18884 213 22 at at IN 18884 213 23 the the DT 18884 213 24 base base NN 18884 213 25 of of IN 18884 213 26 the the DT 18884 213 27 upper upper JJ 18884 213 28 bill bill NN 18884 213 29 . . . 18884 214 1 Scoters scoter NNS 18884 214 2 feed feed VBP 18884 214 3 on on IN 18884 214 4 mollusks mollusk NNS 18884 214 5 , , , 18884 214 6 crabs crab NNS 18884 214 7 , , , 18884 214 8 and and CC 18884 214 9 some some DT 18884 214 10 fish fish NN 18884 214 11 and and CC 18884 214 12 very very RB 18884 214 13 little little JJ 18884 214 14 vegetation vegetation NN 18884 214 15 . . . 18884 215 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 215 2 are be VBP 18884 215 3 locally locally RB 18884 215 4 known know VBN 18884 215 5 as as IN 18884 215 6 " " `` 18884 215 7 coots coot NNS 18884 215 8 . . . 18884 215 9 " " '' 18884 216 1 Common Common NNP 18884 216 2 Eider Eider NNP 18884 216 3 Length--23½ Length--23½ VBZ 18884 216 4 in in IN 18884 216 5 . . . 18884 217 1 Weight--5 Weight--5 NNP 18884 217 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 217 3 . . . 18884 218 1 Thick thick JJ 18884 218 2 - - HYPH 18884 218 3 necked necked JJ 18884 218 4 stocky stocky JJ 18884 218 5 birds bird NNS 18884 218 6 , , , 18884 218 7 alternately alternately RB 18884 218 8 flapping flap VBG 18884 218 9 and and CC 18884 218 10 sailing sailing NN 18884 218 11 in in IN 18884 218 12 flight flight NN 18884 218 13 ; ; : 18884 218 14 flocks flock NNS 18884 218 15 string stre VBG 18884 218 16 out out RP 18884 218 17 in in IN 18884 218 18 a a DT 18884 218 19 line line NN 18884 218 20 , , , 18884 218 21 close close JJ 18884 218 22 to to IN 18884 218 23 the the DT 18884 218 24 water water NN 18884 218 25 . . . 18884 219 1 Occurs occur NNS 18884 219 2 in in IN 18884 219 3 the the DT 18884 219 4 United United NNP 18884 219 5 States States NNP 18884 219 6 chiefly chiefly RB 18884 219 7 along along IN 18884 219 8 New New NNP 18884 219 9 England England NNP 18884 219 10 coasts coast NNS 18884 219 11 and and CC 18884 219 12 occasionally occasionally RB 18884 219 13 south south RB 18884 219 14 to to IN 18884 219 15 New New NNP 18884 219 16 Jersey Jersey NNP 18884 219 17 . . . 18884 220 1 Other other JJ 18884 220 2 eiders eider NNS 18884 220 3 -- -- : 18884 220 4 king king NN 18884 220 5 , , , 18884 220 6 spectacled spectacled NNP 18884 220 7 and and CC 18884 220 8 Stellar's Stellar's NNP 18884 220 9 -- -- : 18884 220 10 occur occur VBP 18884 220 11 in in IN 18884 220 12 Alaska Alaska NNP 18884 220 13 and and CC 18884 220 14 are be VBP 18884 220 15 not not RB 18884 220 16 pictured picture VBN 18884 220 17 in in IN 18884 220 18 this this DT 18884 220 19 guide guide NN 18884 220 20 . . . 18884 221 1 King King NNP 18884 221 2 eiders eider NNS 18884 221 3 occasionally occasionally RB 18884 221 4 are be VBP 18884 221 5 found find VBN 18884 221 6 in in IN 18884 221 7 north north JJ 18884 221 8 Atlantic atlantic JJ 18884 221 9 coastal coastal JJ 18884 221 10 waters water NNS 18884 221 11 . . . 18884 222 1 Oldsquaw oldsquaw VB 18884 222 2 Length--20½ Length--20½ NNP 18884 222 3 in in RP 18884 222 4 . . . 18884 223 1 Weight--2 Weight--2 NNP 18884 223 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 223 3 . . . 18884 224 1 A a DT 18884 224 2 slim slim JJ 18884 224 3 , , , 18884 224 4 brightly brightly RB 18884 224 5 plumaged plumaged JJ 18884 224 6 sea sea NN 18884 224 7 duck duck NN 18884 224 8 . . . 18884 225 1 Smaller small JJR 18884 225 2 than than IN 18884 225 3 the the DT 18884 225 4 scoters scoter NNS 18884 225 5 or or CC 18884 225 6 eiders eider NNS 18884 225 7 . . . 18884 226 1 Flight flight NN 18884 226 2 is be VBZ 18884 226 3 swift swift JJ 18884 226 4 and and CC 18884 226 5 low low JJ 18884 226 6 with with IN 18884 226 7 constantly constantly RB 18884 226 8 changing change VBG 18884 226 9 flock flock NN 18884 226 10 formations formation NNS 18884 226 11 . . . 18884 227 1 Ranges range NNS 18884 227 2 along along IN 18884 227 3 both both DT 18884 227 4 coasts coast NNS 18884 227 5 and and CC 18884 227 6 the the DT 18884 227 7 Great Great NNP 18884 227 8 Lakes Lakes NNPS 18884 227 9 . . . 18884 228 1 One one CD 18884 228 2 of of IN 18884 228 3 the the DT 18884 228 4 most most RBS 18884 228 5 vocal vocal JJ 18884 228 6 of of IN 18884 228 7 ducks duck NNS 18884 228 8 ; ; : 18884 228 9 drakes drake NNS 18884 228 10 have have VBP 18884 228 11 a a DT 18884 228 12 loud loud JJ 18884 228 13 pleasant pleasant JJ 18884 228 14 _ _ NNP 18884 228 15 caloo caloo NN 18884 228 16 , , , 18884 228 17 caloo caloo NNP 18884 228 18 _ _ NNP 18884 228 19 , , , 18884 228 20 constantly constantly RB 18884 228 21 heard hear VBD 18884 228 22 . . . 18884 229 1 Harlequin Harlequin NNP 18884 229 2 Length--17 Length--17 NNP 18884 229 3 in in IN 18884 229 4 . . . 18884 230 1 Weight--1½ Weight--1½ NFP 18884 230 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 230 3 . . . 18884 231 1 Glossy glossy JJ 18884 231 2 slate slate JJ 18884 231 3 - - HYPH 18884 231 4 blue blue JJ 18884 231 5 plumage plumage NN 18884 231 6 enlivened enliven VBN 18884 231 7 by by IN 18884 231 8 white white JJ 18884 231 9 stripes stripe NNS 18884 231 10 and and CC 18884 231 11 spots spot NNS 18884 231 12 give give VBP 18884 231 13 the the DT 18884 231 14 adult adult NN 18884 231 15 male male NN 18884 231 16 harlequin harlequin NN 18884 231 17 a a DT 18884 231 18 striking striking JJ 18884 231 19 appearance appearance NN 18884 231 20 . . . 18884 232 1 The the DT 18884 232 2 female female JJ 18884 232 3 resembles resemble VBZ 18884 232 4 a a DT 18884 232 5 small small JJ 18884 232 6 female female JJ 18884 232 7 scoter scoter NN 18884 232 8 . . . 18884 233 1 At at IN 18884 233 2 a a DT 18884 233 3 distance distance NN 18884 233 4 , , , 18884 233 5 both both DT 18884 233 6 sexes sex NNS 18884 233 7 look look VBP 18884 233 8 black black JJ 18884 233 9 . . . 18884 234 1 Flight flight NN 18884 234 2 is be VBZ 18884 234 3 swift swift JJ 18884 234 4 , , , 18884 234 5 with with IN 18884 234 6 abrupt abrupt JJ 18884 234 7 turns turn NNS 18884 234 8 . . . 18884 235 1 Flocks flock NNS 18884 235 2 are be VBP 18884 235 3 small small JJ 18884 235 4 and and CC 18884 235 5 compact compact JJ 18884 235 6 . . . 18884 236 1 Ranges range VBZ 18884 236 2 both both DT 18884 236 3 coasts coast NNS 18884 236 4 , , , 18884 236 5 north north RB 18884 236 6 from from IN 18884 236 7 New New NNP 18884 236 8 Jersey Jersey NNP 18884 236 9 and and CC 18884 236 10 San San NNP 18884 236 11 Francisco Francisco NNP 18884 236 12 . . . 18884 237 1 Uncommon Uncommon NNP 18884 237 2 . . . 18884 238 1 Swans Swans NNP 18884 238 2 Trumpeter Trumpeter NNP 18884 238 3 -- -- . 18884 238 4 Length--59 Length--59 NNP 18884 238 5 in in IN 18884 238 6 . . . 18884 239 1 Weight--28 Weight--28 NNP 18884 239 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 239 3 . . . 18884 240 1 Whistling whistle VBG 18884 240 2 -- -- : 18884 240 3 Length--52 Length--52 NNP 18884 240 4 in in IN 18884 240 5 . . . 18884 241 1 Weight--16 weight--16 NN 18884 241 2 lbs lbs NN 18884 241 3 . . . 18884 242 1 Once once RB 18884 242 2 thought think VBN 18884 242 3 to to TO 18884 242 4 be be VB 18884 242 5 rare rare JJ 18884 242 6 , , , 18884 242 7 trumpeter trumpeter NN 18884 242 8 swans swan NNS 18884 242 9 are be VBP 18884 242 10 slowly slowly RB 18884 242 11 increasing increase VBG 18884 242 12 in in IN 18884 242 13 Alaska Alaska NNP 18884 242 14 and and CC 18884 242 15 on on IN 18884 242 16 western western JJ 18884 242 17 refuges refuge NNS 18884 242 18 and and CC 18884 242 19 parks park NNS 18884 242 20 . . . 18884 243 1 Whistling whistle VBG 18884 243 2 swans swan NNS 18884 243 3 are be VBP 18884 243 4 common common JJ 18884 243 5 and and CC 18884 243 6 increasing increasing JJ 18884 243 7 . . . 18884 244 1 They -PRON- PRP 18884 244 2 winter winter VBP 18884 244 3 near near IN 18884 244 4 Chesapeake Chesapeake NNP 18884 244 5 Bay Bay NNP 18884 244 6 , , , 18884 244 7 San San NNP 18884 244 8 Francisco Francisco NNP 18884 244 9 Bay Bay NNP 18884 244 10 , , , 18884 244 11 Puget Puget NNP 18884 244 12 Sound Sound NNP 18884 244 13 and and CC 18884 244 14 Salton Salton NNP 18884 244 15 Sea Sea NNP 18884 244 16 . . . 18884 245 1 Occasionally occasionally RB 18884 245 2 found find VBN 18884 245 3 in in IN 18884 245 4 fields field NNS 18884 245 5 . . . 18884 246 1 Both both DT 18884 246 2 species specie NNS 18884 246 3 are be VBP 18884 246 4 large large JJ 18884 246 5 with with IN 18884 246 6 pure pure JJ 18884 246 7 white white JJ 18884 246 8 plumage plumage NN 18884 246 9 . . . 18884 247 1 Canada Canada NNP 18884 247 2 Geese Geese NNP 18884 247 3 Numerous Numerous NNP 18884 247 4 and and CC 18884 247 5 popular popular JJ 18884 247 6 , , , 18884 247 7 Canada Canada NNP 18884 247 8 geese goose NNS 18884 247 9 are be VBP 18884 247 10 often often RB 18884 247 11 called call VBN 18884 247 12 " " `` 18884 247 13 honkers honker NNS 18884 247 14 . . . 18884 247 15 " " '' 18884 248 1 Includes include VBZ 18884 248 2 several several JJ 18884 248 3 races race NNS 18884 248 4 varying vary VBG 18884 248 5 in in IN 18884 248 6 weight weight NN 18884 248 7 from from IN 18884 248 8 3 3 CD 18884 248 9 to to IN 18884 248 10 over over IN 18884 248 11 12 12 CD 18884 248 12 pounds pound NNS 18884 248 13 . . . 18884 249 1 All all DT 18884 249 2 have have VBP 18884 249 3 black black JJ 18884 249 4 heads head NNS 18884 249 5 and and CC 18884 249 6 necks neck NNS 18884 249 7 , , , 18884 249 8 white white JJ 18884 249 9 cheeks cheek NNS 18884 249 10 , , , 18884 249 11 similar similar JJ 18884 249 12 habitats habitat NNS 18884 249 13 and and CC 18884 249 14 voices voice NNS 18884 249 15 . . . 18884 250 1 Sexes sex NNS 18884 250 2 are be VBP 18884 250 3 identical identical JJ 18884 250 4 . . . 18884 251 1 Brant Brant NNP 18884 251 2 Length--24 Length--24 NNP 18884 251 3 - - HYPH 18884 251 4 25 25 CD 18884 251 5 in in IN 18884 251 6 . . . 18884 252 1 Weight--3¼ Weight--3¼ NNP 18884 252 2 - - : 18884 252 3 3¾ 3¾ NNP 18884 252 4 lbs lbs NN 18884 252 5 . . . 18884 253 1 These these DT 18884 253 2 are be VBP 18884 253 3 sea sea NN 18884 253 4 geese geese JJ 18884 253 5 , , , 18884 253 6 the the DT 18884 253 7 blacks black NNS 18884 253 8 wintering winter VBG 18884 253 9 south south RB 18884 253 10 to to IN 18884 253 11 Baja Baja NNP 18884 253 12 , , , 18884 253 13 California California NNP 18884 253 14 , , , 18884 253 15 in in IN 18884 253 16 the the DT 18884 253 17 Pacific Pacific NNP 18884 253 18 . . . 18884 254 1 The the DT 18884 254 2 Atlantic atlantic JJ 18884 254 3 race race NN 18884 254 4 winters winter NNS 18884 254 5 from from IN 18884 254 6 Virginia Virginia NNP 18884 254 7 northward northward RB 18884 254 8 . . . 18884 255 1 Flight flight NN 18884 255 2 is be VBZ 18884 255 3 swift swift JJ 18884 255 4 , , , 18884 255 5 in in IN 18884 255 6 irregular irregular JJ 18884 255 7 and and CC 18884 255 8 changing change VBG 18884 255 9 flock flock NN 18884 255 10 patterns pattern NNS 18884 255 11 . . . 18884 256 1 Snow Snow NNP 18884 256 2 Geese Geese NNP 18884 256 3 Length--29 Length--29 NNP 18884 256 4 - - HYPH 18884 256 5 31 31 CD 18884 256 6 in in IN 18884 256 7 . . . 18884 257 1 Weight--6½-7½ Weight--6½-7½ NNP 18884 257 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 257 3 . . . 18884 258 1 Two two CD 18884 258 2 races race NNS 18884 258 3 of of IN 18884 258 4 snow snow NN 18884 258 5 geese geese NNP 18884 258 6 are be VBP 18884 258 7 recognized recognize VBN 18884 258 8 : : : 18884 258 9 greater great JJR 18884 258 10 snows snow NNS 18884 258 11 along along IN 18884 258 12 the the DT 18884 258 13 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 18884 258 14 Coast Coast NNP 18884 258 15 , , , 18884 258 16 and and CC 18884 258 17 lesser less JJR 18884 258 18 snows snow NNS 18884 258 19 elsewhere elsewhere RB 18884 258 20 on on IN 18884 258 21 the the DT 18884 258 22 continent continent NN 18884 258 23 . . . 18884 259 1 Blue blue JJ 18884 259 2 geese goose NNS 18884 259 3 are be VBP 18884 259 4 a a DT 18884 259 5 color color JJ 18884 259 6 phase phase NN 18884 259 7 of of IN 18884 259 8 the the DT 18884 259 9 lesser less JJR 18884 259 10 snow snow NN 18884 259 11 . . . 18884 260 1 White White NNP 18884 260 2 - - HYPH 18884 260 3 Fronted front VBN 18884 260 4 Geese Geese NNP 18884 260 5 Length--29 Length--29 NNP 18884 260 6 in in RP 18884 260 7 . . . 18884 261 1 Weight--6¼ weight--6¼ ADD 18884 261 2 lbs lbs NNP 18884 261 3 . . . 18884 262 1 Migrates migrate NNS 18884 262 2 chiefly chiefly RB 18884 262 3 in in IN 18884 262 4 the the DT 18884 262 5 Central Central NNP 18884 262 6 and and CC 18884 262 7 Pacific Pacific NNP 18884 262 8 flyways flyway NNS 18884 262 9 but but CC 18884 262 10 also also RB 18884 262 11 present present JJ 18884 262 12 in in IN 18884 262 13 the the DT 18884 262 14 Mississippi Mississippi NNP 18884 262 15 . . . 18884 263 1 Rare rare JJ 18884 263 2 in in IN 18884 263 3 the the DT 18884 263 4 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 18884 263 5 Flyway Flyway NNP 18884 263 6 . . . 18884 264 1 Appears appear VBZ 18884 264 2 brownish brownish JJ 18884 264 3 gray gray NN 18884 264 4 at at IN 18884 264 5 a a DT 18884 264 6 distance distance NN 18884 264 7 . . . 18884 265 1 Often often RB 18884 265 2 called call VBN 18884 265 3 " " `` 18884 265 4 specklebelly specklebelly RB 18884 265 5 " " '' 18884 265 6 . . . 18884 266 1 Most most RBS 18884 266 2 distinctive distinctive JJ 18884 266 3 characteristic characteristic NN 18884 266 4 of of IN 18884 266 5 the the DT 18884 266 6 V v NN 18884 266 7 - - HYPH 18884 266 8 shaped shape VBN 18884 266 9 flocks flock NNS 18884 266 10 is be VBZ 18884 266 11 the the DT 18884 266 12 high high JJ 18884 266 13 pitched pitch VBN 18884 266 14 call call NN 18884 266 15 _ _ NNP 18884 266 16 kow kow NNP 18884 266 17 - - HYPH 18884 266 18 kow kow NNP 18884 266 19 - - HYPH 18884 266 20 kow kow NNP 18884 266 21 - - HYPH 18884 266 22 kow kow NNP 18884 266 23 _ _ NNP 18884 266 24 . . . 18884 267 1 COMPARATIVE comparative JJ 18884 267 2 SIZES size NNS 18884 267 3 OF of IN 18884 267 4 WATERFOWL WATERFOWL NNS 18884 267 5 All all DT 18884 267 6 birds bird NNS 18884 267 7 on on IN 18884 267 8 these these DT 18884 267 9 pages page NNS 18884 267 10 are be VBP 18884 267 11 drawn draw VBN 18884 267 12 to to IN 18884 267 13 the the DT 18884 267 14 same same JJ 18884 267 15 scale scale NN 18884 267 16 . . . 18884 268 1 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 18884 268 2 Attract Attract NNP 18884 268 3 Wildlife Wildlife NNP 18884 268 4 There there EX 18884 268 5 's be VBZ 18884 268 6 more more JJR 18884 268 7 than than IN 18884 268 8 just just RB 18884 268 9 ducks duck NNS 18884 268 10 in in IN 18884 268 11 our -PRON- PRP$ 18884 268 12 marshes marsh NNS 18884 268 13 . . . 18884 269 1 Knowing know VBG 18884 269 2 and and CC 18884 269 3 identifying identify VBG 18884 269 4 other other JJ 18884 269 5 birds bird NNS 18884 269 6 and and CC 18884 269 7 animals animal NNS 18884 269 8 add add VB 18884 269 9 to to IN 18884 269 10 the the DT 18884 269 11 enjoyment enjoyment NN 18884 269 12 of of IN 18884 269 13 being be VBG 18884 269 14 in in IN 18884 269 15 a a DT 18884 269 16 blind blind NN 18884 269 17 . . . 18884 270 1 The the DT 18884 270 2 same same JJ 18884 270 3 sources source NNS 18884 270 4 of of IN 18884 270 5 food food NN 18884 270 6 and and CC 18884 270 7 shelter shelter NN 18884 270 8 that that WDT 18884 270 9 draw draw VBP 18884 270 10 waterfowl waterfowl VBP 18884 270 11 to to IN 18884 270 12 ponds pond NNS 18884 270 13 and and CC 18884 270 14 marshes marsh NNS 18884 270 15 also also RB 18884 270 16 attract attract VBP 18884 270 17 other other JJ 18884 270 18 forms form NNS 18884 270 19 of of IN 18884 270 20 wildlife wildlife NN 18884 270 21 . . . 18884 271 1 Protected protect VBN 18884 271 2 species specie NNS 18884 271 3 are be VBP 18884 271 4 sometimes sometimes RB 18884 271 5 more more RBR 18884 271 6 numerous numerous JJ 18884 271 7 than than IN 18884 271 8 ducks duck NNS 18884 271 9 or or CC 18884 271 10 geese geese NNP 18884 271 11 . . . 18884 272 1 Money money NN 18884 272 2 from from IN 18884 272 3 Duck Duck NNP 18884 272 4 Stamp Stamp NNP 18884 272 5 sales sale NNS 18884 272 6 is be VBZ 18884 272 7 used use VBN 18884 272 8 exclusively exclusively RB 18884 272 9 to to TO 18884 272 10 purchase purchase VB 18884 272 11 wetlands wetland NNS 18884 272 12 , , , 18884 272 13 preserving preserve VBG 18884 272 14 areas area NNS 18884 272 15 for for IN 18884 272 16 ducks duck NNS 18884 272 17 , , , 18884 272 18 geese geese NNP 18884 272 19 , , , 18884 272 20 and and CC 18884 272 21 all all DT 18884 272 22 wildlife wildlife NN 18884 272 23 for for IN 18884 272 24 the the DT 18884 272 25 enjoyment enjoyment NN 18884 272 26 and and CC 18884 272 27 pleasure pleasure NN 18884 272 28 of of IN 18884 272 29 hunters hunter NNS 18884 272 30 and and CC 18884 272 31 non non NNS 18884 272 32 - - NNS 18884 272 33 hunters hunter NNS 18884 272 34 alike alike RB 18884 272 35 . . . 18884 273 1 Administrative Administrative NNP 18884 273 2 Waterfowl Waterfowl NNP 18884 273 3 Flyways flyway NNS 18884 273 4 Waterfowl waterfowl VBP 18884 273 5 Flyways flyway NNS 18884 273 6 The the DT 18884 273 7 term term NN 18884 273 8 " " `` 18884 273 9 flyway flyway NN 18884 273 10 " " '' 18884 273 11 has have VBZ 18884 273 12 long long RB 18884 273 13 been be VBN 18884 273 14 used use VBN 18884 273 15 to to TO 18884 273 16 designate designate VB 18884 273 17 the the DT 18884 273 18 migration migration NN 18884 273 19 routes route NNS 18884 273 20 of of IN 18884 273 21 birds bird NNS 18884 273 22 . . . 18884 274 1 For for IN 18884 274 2 management management NN 18884 274 3 purposes purpose NNS 18884 274 4 , , , 18884 274 5 four four CD 18884 274 6 waterfowl waterfowl NN 18884 274 7 flyways flyway NNS 18884 274 8 -- -- : 18884 274 9 Pacific Pacific NNP 18884 274 10 , , , 18884 274 11 Central Central NNP 18884 274 12 , , , 18884 274 13 Mississippi Mississippi NNP 18884 274 14 , , , 18884 274 15 and and CC 18884 274 16 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 18884 274 17 -- -- : 18884 274 18 were be VBD 18884 274 19 established establish VBN 18884 274 20 in in IN 18884 274 21 the the DT 18884 274 22 United United NNP 18884 274 23 States States NNP 18884 274 24 in in IN 18884 274 25 1948 1948 CD 18884 274 26 . . . 18884 275 1 To to IN 18884 275 2 varying vary VBG 18884 275 3 degrees degree NNS 18884 275 4 the the DT 18884 275 5 waterfowl waterfowl NN 18884 275 6 populations population NNS 18884 275 7 using use VBG 18884 275 8 each each DT 18884 275 9 of of IN 18884 275 10 these these DT 18884 275 11 flyways flyway NNS 18884 275 12 differ differ VBP 18884 275 13 in in IN 18884 275 14 abundance abundance NN 18884 275 15 , , , 18884 275 16 species species NN 18884 275 17 composition composition NN 18884 275 18 , , , 18884 275 19 migration migration NN 18884 275 20 pathways pathway NNS 18884 275 21 , , , 18884 275 22 and and CC 18884 275 23 breeding breed VBG 18884 275 24 ground ground NN 18884 275 25 origin origin NN 18884 275 26 . . . 18884 276 1 There there EX 18884 276 2 are be VBP 18884 276 3 differences difference NNS 18884 276 4 , , , 18884 276 5 also also RB 18884 276 6 , , , 18884 276 7 in in IN 18884 276 8 levels level NNS 18884 276 9 of of IN 18884 276 10 shooting shoot VBG 18884 276 11 pressure pressure NN 18884 276 12 and and CC 18884 276 13 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