Over President’s Day weekend, a key associate and I took a birding trip to Nebraska’s western reservoirs. We visited Lakes McConaughy and Ogallala, which were both iced over with the exception of a little open water in the spillway. On the evening of 15 February, we observed an odd puddle duck which I identified as a “Brewer’s Duck”. Perhaps you’ve never heard of this species and there is good reason. “Brewer’s Duck” is the name John James Audubon gave a …
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