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| Common name: |
Mandarin Duck |
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| Scientific name: | Aix galericulata | |
| Date: | Spring 2015 (different dates) | |
| Time: | ( Series of photos at different times) | |
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| Number: | family | |
| Age: | Adults and immature | |
| Sex: | male and female | |
| Location: | Little Cottonwood Creek, Murray | |
| County: | Salt Lake | |
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| Distance to bird: | varied | |
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(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
photo-documenting a Breeding Mandarin Duck family in Salt Lake County this year. See attached photo of the family: Breeding Adult Male and Female, with 2 offspring… Little Cottonwood Creek/Murray UT. |
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| Observer: | Richard B. Young | |
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| Observer's e-mail address: | ** | |
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| Additional material: | Photos | |
| Additional comments: |
I believe my discovery and photo-documentation of this Mandarin family might be
the first graphic evidence of Mandarins breeding in the wild in the Salt Lake
valley. Further, over the time I collected my ‘Mandarin Family’ images, I also photographed several different 1st Spring Male Mandarins at the same location. The significance of my images of 1st Spring males (demonstrating varying degrees of maturity) would be: indirect evidence of other successful breeding within my study location! |
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