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Effort To Trace Duck Breeding Begins In Local Bays

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The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays.

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays.

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays.

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays.

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays.

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays.

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays.

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays.

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are teaming up to band scaup ducks in local bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Mar 23, 2021
Few people would know what a scaup was if you asked them. The small black and white duck with a bright blue bill spends most of its time some distance... more

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