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179 ruddy duck

On a quick-stop bird outing to a pond near the university's research farm I spotted a few ruddy ducks among a modest but diverse waterfowl group of mallards, ring-necked ducks, gadwalls, shovelers, pintails, lesser scaup, green-winged teal, and coots. Thirty minutes for a new species is an excellent cost-benefit ratio this time of year.