Greater Scaup
Athyea marila
 (L 18" WS 28" WT 2.3 lb)
Belmont Harbor
Chicago
15Mar09
An author in a Trappist monastery is
like a duck in a chicken coop. And he
would give anything in the world to
be a chicken instead of a duck.
 (Thomas Merton)
At risk from climate change...tundra breed-
ing grounds affected by melting
permafrost...also very sensitive to oil spills..
Female