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| Cabela's
Fowl of Field and Stream |
These images were taken with a Sony FD-81 digital camera at Cabela's Outdoor Outfitters in Sidney, Nebraska and Owatonna, Minnesota. Cabela's naturalistic dioramas provide habitat reference as well as an excellent backdrop for photographs. I also find it increases interest to include an occasional closeup. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| American Goldeneye - In spite of its short, heavy body and small wings, it can fly at ninety miles an hour according to observations by James Audubon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Greater Sage Grouse is one of the largest species of grouse with males weighing up to 8 lbs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I had always heard that pheasant-under-glass was a kingly repast but my first taste of pheasant resembled only a slight variation of chicken breast. I much prefer to watch these beautiful birds. A pair of ring-necked pheasant live in our pasture and I find their call comforting in the early morning. | Blue-winged Teal have the highest annual mortality rate (reaching 65%) of all the dabbling ducks, possibly as a result of hunting and long over-ocean migration. They migrate as far south as Chile and Argentina and a few winter on the Galapagos Islands. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pheasants are a species of galliforme, the same family of birds that include peacocks. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wood ducks prefer riparian habitats, wooded swamps, and freshwater marshes since females like to nest in tree cavities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sage hens are sometimes called prairie chickens. A female grouse can raise up to a dozen chicks in a single clutch. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pin Tails feed largely upon bulbous roots, tender shoots, insects and their larvae, worms and snails, and even acorns. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Like many bird species, the male wood duck is more brightly colored than the female. The male call is a thin, high, rising "jeeeeee." Females utter a drawn-out, rising squeal, "oo-eek" when flushed, and a sharp "cr-r-ek, cr-e-ek" for an alarm call. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ptarmigans are also a type of grouse but prefer a more moutainous habitat. There are three kinds of Ptarmigan - Rock, Willow, and White-tailed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ruddy Ducks breed primarily in the prairie region of North America as well as the Intermountain West. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Black ducks feed on plant material, insects, and amphibians in shallow fresh water and mollusks and crustaceans in maritime habitats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ptarmigans were a primary food source for Alaskan natives in the 1900s. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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