Peru
Puna Teal
Spatula puna
(L 17.5-19")
Lake Huacarpay
18Sept2011
Common, dabbling duck at 3000-
4000 m...note the bright blue bill,
dark cap and white cheeks.
4000 m...note the bright blue bill,
dark cap and white cheeks.
As duck hunters out in the field, we see
that something‘s changed rather rapidly
in the past 10 to 20 years. And so our
concerns are what happening to the duck
population.
that something‘s changed rather rapidly
in the past 10 to 20 years. And so our
concerns are what happening to the duck
population.
(Lance Ness)
© Natxo
Areta
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Macaulay
Library
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Spatula in Latin means spoon,
spatula; puna in Spanish refers
to the hig bleak Andean plain
above 10,000 ft.
spatula; puna in Spanish refers
to the hig bleak Andean plain
above 10,000 ft.