Birds Identified: Oldsquaw
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Oldsquaw has these characteristics:
- Swimming
- Walking, wading, running
- Continuous flying
- Larger than robin
- Tail long
- Mostly black and white, or other dark color and white
- Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
- Bold markings present (patches or blotches of black, white, or color)
- North winter (November through February)
- South winter (November through February)
- Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
- Continuous flying low (below treetops when flying)
- Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org