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Bucephala clangula
Residency: Spends winters throughout the state.
Diet: Eats crustaceans, mollusks and aquatic insects.
Predators: Hawks and owls such as Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle, also Northern Pike fish.
Nesting: In tree cavity or nest box, lined with feathers from female. Eggs are 5-15 per clutch, olive to light green, 1 brood per year.
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Notes: Courtship is complex with many displays. When hatched eyes are gray-brown and undergo many changes before reaching adulthood when they become yellow.
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