Pintail Ducks (IMAGE)

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Pintail Ducks

Caption

For reasons not clearly understood by wildlife scientists, pintails appear to be particularly sensitive to changes in the number of productive, small wetlands that have occurred across the Prairie Pothole Region.

Credit

F. Greenslade-Delta Waterfowl

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