Photo Details
1. February 1, 2004 - Mountain Springs, Utah
County, Utah
2. January 19, 2004 - Antelope Island
Causeway, Davis County, Utah - ©NJDavis
Characteristics
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18.5 WS 26, Male-Black, tall, peaked head with round cheek patch,
mostly
white body,Yellow eye, Female has mostly dark bill with
yellow
tip, brown head, grayish body.
Dives
for mollusks and crustaceans. Also eats aquatic insects. Spends winter
on interior and coastal waters and summer on lakes and marshes. They
have
several complicated courtship displays. Lays 5-15 olive eggs in tree
cavity
or nesting box lined with feathers. When sites are scarce the
female
will lay eggs in another female's nest. Precocial, one brood,
incubation
28-30 days
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