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Sylvan Heights Bird Park & Eco Center

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  • Apricot Wood Duck
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  • Bufflehead drake
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  • Bufflehead drake
  • Eurasian Eagle Owl<br />
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Bubo bubo
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  • Mandarin Duck -- (Aix galericulata)<br />
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Among the most exquisite of all birds, pairs were formerly presented to Japanese newlyweds as traditional wedding gifts.  Breeding drakes have distinctive orange side whiskers and dorsal sails
  • Chilean Flamingo    (Phoenicopterus chilensis)<br />
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It can be differentiated from the Greater flamingo by its greyish legs with pink knees, and the greater amount of black on its bill.
  • Hooded Merganser  <br />
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 Favor flooded timberland with an abundance of dead trees<br />
 Fish are less important in their diet than crayfish, small mollusks, insects, tadpoles, newts and frogs<br />
 Nest cavities may be as high as 75’ up, a very long plunge for tiny ducklings
  • Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)<br />
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The only waterfowl that engages in ritualized courtship feeding in which males present food offerings to their maters<br />
 Sexes dissimilar<br />
 Capable divers
  • Northern Pintail   (Anas acuta)<br />
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 Named for the long pointed drake tail<br />
 Commonly known by the hunter name of Sprig<br />
 Especially long necks enable it to feed in deep water and peer over tall grass that typifies much of its habitat<br />
 Some fly 6,000 miles to winter in Hawaii
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  • Scarlet Ibis    (Eudocinus ruber)<br />
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 The national bird of Trinidad and Tobago<br />
 The scarlet ibis is featured on their coat of arms.<br />
 This bright pink colored ibis gets its coloration from the small crustations and other small marine animals that it consumes.<br />
 Its long curved bill is very sensitive and is often used to deeply probe muddy substrates to locate their prey.
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  • Silver woodduck
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