Rainy day and Ruddy Duck on Oriental harborToday's pic brings yet another avian migratory sign of springtime on its way.-30-
The blue bill of the Ruddy Duck indicate that it is a breeding male on his migration to breeding grounds up north or out west.
Ruddy Ducks winter across the South, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. States, and they live year-round in the Southwest.
Breeding primarily takes place out on western planes, sierras and mountains along a great swath from the Texas panhandle to the Canadian border with Alaska.
Some populations also breed along the St. Lawrence waterways between New England and Canada, but apparently chances are good this particular bird is taking the longer migration out west.
That's one new bird for my list, and two birds in a row with "jamaicensis" in their scientific nomenclature.
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