10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUFTED DUCK»
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1
A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Rather small diving duck with longish bill and high rear crown giving longer, less
rounded head than Tufted Duck. Both sexes look neat and dark, with pure white
under tail-coverts and broad, curved white wing hur. Male has copper-glossed, ...
Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P. A. D. Hollum, 2001
2
The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland
An immature was at Kirby Lakes on January 31st 1998, a male was at Rutland
Water on August 26th and December 22nd 2001 and a female, apparently paired
with a Tufted Duck, was at Cossington Meadows on June 5th 2003. In addition, a
...
Dave Gamble, Roger Davies, Andrew Harrop, 2009
3
Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2: Nonpasserines - Diurnal ...
Nonpasserines - Diurnal Birds of Prey Through Woodpeckers. Figure 290.
Female Tufted Duck at Lost Lagoon (Vancouver), 25 Ianuary 1986 (RBCM Photo
1077; Tim Zurowski). NOTEWORTHY RECORDS Autumn: Interior - See
Extralimital ...
4
New Generation Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Tufted Duck on fresh water Scaup on the sea NOMENCLATURE AND
CLASSIFICATION NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION NOMENCLATURE
AND CLASSIFICATION Part. ISOLATING MECHANISMS Whenever the hybrid
offspring ...
Christopher M. Perrins, David Attenborough, Norman Arlott, 1987
5
Birds of the Middle East
Slightly smallerthan Tufted Duck, head shape close to Common Pochard's.
Compared to Tufted Duck has higher crown, flatter sloping forehead and longer,
dark grey bill with black nail only. Male rich chestnut-brown with white eye,
sharply ...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
6
The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
Those illustrated represent the four most frequent types: (1) Tufted Duck ×
Pochard, (2) Tufted Duck × Scaup, (3) Pochard × Ferruginous Duck and (4) Ring-
necked Duck × Tufted Duck. It must be stressed that hybrids show great
individual ...
7
The Handbook of Bird Identification: For Europe and the ...
Resembles dark female Tufted Duck, but body relatively shorter, bill longer and
crown higher, reaching distinct peak at centre and lacking any form of bump or
tuft at rear. Flank feathers often project relatively higher over folded wing than in ...
Mark Beaman, Steve Madge, 2010
This diving duck usually lives in Northern Europe, Iceland, and the United
Kingdom. We rarely see it in this area. The male Tufted Duck is very similar to the
male Ring-necked Duck. Compare the photographs. Can you find four similarities
?
9
Birdwatcher's Pocket Field Guide
Mainly south-west England and lreland Confusion species Tufted Duck, Pochard
Call Vagrants are mainly silent Rather small, short-bodied birds, with a steep
forehead and peaked crown. Known to return to same wintering sites, although ...
10
A Nature Conservation Review: The Selection of Biological ...
Both lochs are important sites for wintering wildfowl, 750 pochard occurring on
Harray and a total of 860 tufted duck and smaller numbers of mallard, teal,
wigeon, goldeneye, mute and whooper swans on both lochs. In addition Sten-
ness has ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUFTED DUCK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tufted duck is used in the context of the following news items.
Nature notes: the tufted duck
If you see a duck with ducklings swimming close to it at present, it is most likely to be a tufted duck. These duck breed later than the others. The ducklings are ... «The Times, Aug 15»
Birding: Always another hybrid waiting to be hatched
Hybrids I have had the pleasure to see in the wild include Barrow's goldeneye/common goldeneye, greater scaup/tufted duck, American wigeon/Eurasian ... «Press Herald, Jun 15»
Kathleen Jamie
Goldeneye and tufted duck arrive in winter, ospreys occasionally hunt here in the summer months. Once and only once I saw an otter playing near the wooden ... «London Review of Books, Apr 15»
A thrilling walk to the exuberance of wing beats and bird cries
A tufted duck pops on to the surface after a dive. A large group of oystercatchers and curlews stands stoically with backs to the wind. The valley is full of life again ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Across the ponds
Coots pull up black weed from below the dark water and a female tufted duck is diving. I follow the woodland path that leads away from the pond, the alarm calls ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Karen gets more than she bargained for at the zoo
Meanwhile, Jimmi suggests a night out at a real ale pub, The Tufted Duck, to Al and Ayesha, knowing that this is Heather's local. Whilst they are there drinking, ... «Digital Spy UK, Feb 15»
Setk Kellogg's Birds of the Air: Coastal ponds hold many ducks, one …
Though similar in size and color pattern, it was not a scaup, but a very rare vagrant species aptly named the “tufted duck.” Normally, this duck nests in northern ... «MassLive.com, Dec 14»
London's wildlife: More than pigeons
Pochard and tufted duck may secrete in their midst goldeneye or even scaup. Great crested grebe is plentiful, but Staines is also a prime winter site for the dinky ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
Fewer bird species back in Okhla
Species spotted till now include northern shoveler, common pochard, tufted duck, Eurasian wigeon, common teal, gadwall and common coot. "In the last week of ... «Times of India, Oct 14»
Early winter surprise at Okhla Bird Sanctuary
Dr. Roy said the birds that have already arrived include the northern shoveler, common pochard, tufted duck, Eurasian wigeon, common teal and Gadwall. «The Hindu, Oct 14»
