Aythya affinis
Residency: Winters in Southwestern corner of state.
Diet: Eats seeds, snails, insects and crustaceans.
Predators: American Crow, Black-billed Magpie, Great Horned Owl, Coyote, striped skunk, and Red-tailed Hawk.
Nesting: Nest is on the ground and hidden, made of grasses and lined with down. Eggs are 8-14 per clutch, olive-buff, 1 brood per year.
Nesting Records:
Notes: Highly social, winter flocks can number in the thousands.
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