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Tufted Duck:
The Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula), an unusual visitor to the Pacific Northwest, is a Eurasian member of a genus of diving ducks which includes the Greater and Lesser Scaups, and the Ring-necked Duck. The Tufted Duck breeds in the higher latitudes from Iceland east to Siberia, and he winters farther south in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Occasionally a few Tufted Ducks reach North America during the fall migration and spend the winter on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts, often found as single birds associating with flocks of Scaups or Ring-necked ducks.
-- information courtesy Seattle Audubon Society website "BirdWeb", 2009
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Round Lake, Camas, Washington ...
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Tufted Duck, male, on slough next to Round Lake, Camas, Washington.
Weather was sunny.
Image taken February 2, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Columbia River near Portland International Airport ...
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Tufted Duck, male, Columbia River near Portland International Airport.
Weather was cold with heavy winds, starting to drizzle.
Image taken February 28, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Tufted Duck, male, Columbia River near Portland International Airport.
Weather was cold with heavy winds, starting to drizzle.
Image taken February 28, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Tufted Duck, male, Columbia River near Portland International Airport.
Weather was cold with heavy winds, starting to drizzle.
Image taken February 28, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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... with Scaups and Ring-Neck Ducks ...
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Tufted Duck, male, with Scaups and Ring-necked Ducks, Columbia River near Portland International Airport.
Weather was cold with heavy winds, starting to drizzle.
Image taken February 28, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Scaup, Tufted Duck, and Ring-necked Duck, Columbia River near Portland International Airport.
Weather was cold with heavy winds, starting to drizzle.
Image taken February 28, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Tufted Duck, male, with Scaups, Columbia River near Portland International Airport.
Weather was cold with heavy winds, starting to drizzle.
Image taken February 28, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Tufted Duck, male, with Ring-necked Ducks, Columbia River near Portland International Airport.
Weather was cold with heavy winds, starting to drizzle.
Image taken February 28, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Columbia River near Vancouver, Washington ...
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Tufted Duck (hybrid ???), Columbia River near Vancouver, Washington.
This appears to be a possible Tufted Duck/Lesser Scaup hybrid.
Image taken January 12, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Drano Lake, Washington ...
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Tufted Duck, male, Drano Lake, Washington.
Image taken March 6, 2010.
Canon Rebel XTi, 300z.
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