Photo Details
1.2.3. male - 4. pair - March
21, 2004 - Mountain
Springs, Utah County, Utah - ©
NJDavis
Characteristics
L18-19
WS 28, Male-Low, flat black head with white crescent on cheek, Black
spur
from back to breast, Dark bill, Female bill mostly yellow, Dark brown
head
and brown-gray body.
They
eat mollucks, aquatic insects, fish and crustaceans. In summer they
prefer
wooded lakes and rivers and in winter coaster lakes. They lay 8-10
olive-green
eggs in a tree cavity, nest box, rock crevice or on the ground.
Precocial,
One brood.
Utah Range Map
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