ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUFFLEHEAD
Buffle from obsolete buffle wild ox (see buff1), referring to the duck's head.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUFFLEHEAD»
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bufflehead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bufflehead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
We were the Bufflehead Sisters, and we were inseparable. After school I had to
practice my piano, but then we played together until dinnertime, we bathed and
brushed our teeth together, and then one of my parents would read to us until ...
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The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta
BUFF photo credit: G. Beyersbergen Status: Several factors combine to restrict
the numbers and distribution of the Bufflehead, which is one of the scarcest ducks
in North America (Canadian Wildlife Service 1974). The use of tree holes for ...
Glen Peter Semenchuk,
1992
3
Waterfowl in Winter: Selected Papers from Symposium and ...
Comparison of habitat and diet-niche breadths, rank correlations, and shape of
distributions of goldeneyes and bufflehead for time, space, and diet" Probability "
Nonsignificant differences (NS) in habitat breadth and shape of distribution and ...
Milton Webster Weller,
1988
4
B Is for
Bufflehead: Flying Through the ABC's with Fun ...
"Flying through the ABC's with fun feathered friends"--Cover.
5
The Decoy Artist: America's Last Hunter-Carver
It was true that on the water the extra coloring made little difference, especially to
a bufflehead, one of the dumbest species of ducks around, but it made the decoy
more interesting to look at and paint and more realistic. And, he hoped, more ...
6
Wildlife and Natural Resource Management
DESCRIPTION. FIGURE. 16-15. Bufflehead. The bufflehead is the smallest duck
in North America, averaging 13 to 14 inches in length (Figure 16-15). They are
very stocky and are often called by their nickname, “Butterball.” The drakes have
a ...
7
The Bird Book: Alma's Story
Bufflehead. This duck was another of the special creatures that made it into
Alma's book of birds. This duck has a lot of reasons for making the cut. It has a
large fluffy head, which is reminiscent of the buffalo that roamed the prairie during
much ...
8
Anatomy of a Waterfowl: For Carvers and Painters
Bufflehead. DRAKE (8) Here we see the strong contrast between blacks and
whites that makes the drake a difficult bird to do an outstanding job on. The back
feathers and the primaries are an almost jet black with a slight iridescence. This
is ...
9
Effectiveness of Nest Boxes in Influencing Population Trends ...
Waterfowl population declines associated with loss and alterations of breeding habitat have been well documented at a variety of spatial scales.
Robert Michael Corrigan,
2007
10
For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide
The most common of our sea ducks are the Common Goldeneye and the
Bufflehead, who are considered true sea ducks even though they spend much of
their lives on fresh water. These two nest in cavities or wood duck houses on
lakes and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUFFLEHEAD»
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North of 60: Hunting and Fishing Great Slave Lake with the First …
Left: Fritz Reid's Lab, Boreal, fetches a bufflehead; Right: Ducks Unlimited biologist Fritz Reid waits on another flight of ducks. His bag includes buffleheads, ... «Outdoor Life Magazine, Jul 15»
Winning ducks
A pair of Canada geese painted by Christine Clayton, of Ohio was voted a very close second and a painting of three bufflehead by Broderick ... «Wilton Bulletin, Jul 15»
Blog: DNCB Outing No. 2015-26 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Some saw the Bufflehead. Some saw Yellow-rumped Warblers, Common Yellowthroats and Rufous Hummingbirds (empty nest as young have ... «Delta-Optimist, Jul 15»
NDOW teaches bear awareness in Nevada
Man pleads guilty to illegal trapping · Bufflehead selected for duck stamp contest. 1 CONNECT 4 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jun 15»
Deadline to apply to hunt mourning doves approaches
Man pleads guilty to illegal trapping · Bufflehead selected for duck stamp contest. CONNECT 1 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jun 15»
NDOW ramps up BUI enforcement
Bufflehead selected for duck stamp contest · Deer tags available for junior hunters. 4 CONNECT 1 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jun 15»
Striper bites steady at Lake Mead, catching opportunites remain …
Man pleads guilty to illegal trapping · Bufflehead selected for duck stamp contest. CONNECT 2 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jun 15»
NV Dream Tag Program ending June 30
Bufflehead selected for duck stamp contest · Deer tags available for junior hunters. CONNECT 1 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jun 15»
Bufflehead Selected For 2016 Nevada Duck Stamp Art Contest
Nevada – -(Ammoland.com)- The Nevada Waterfowl Association (NWA) has selected the Bufflehead as the species for this year's Nevada Duck ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jun 15»
Gordon: We all pay for illegal marijuana
... which is actually before Parliament, then who knows, maybe it would move up in the pecking order a bit (a bufflehead is a duck, by the way). «Ottawa Citizen, Jun 15»