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oldsquaw

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old·squaw  (ldskwô)
n.
A marine duck (Clangula hyemalis) that is black with a white breast and is found in Arctic and North Temperate regions. Also called long-tailed duck, oldwife.
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Oldsquaws are abundant, but you can see thousands of them in April in Newburyport Harbor and 50,000 of them off Nantucket in December.
Wildlife aplenty on Arctic hunt by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Off the coast, rafts of sea ducks and small groups of oldsquaw ducks forage along the shoals over the winter.
Virginia Bird Watching by John C. Banks / Travel, recreation and leisure community
At this site you could expect to see common goldeneyes, oldsquaws, red breasted mergansers, common eiders, scaups, loons, black ducks and Canada geese, as well as the more common gulls and shore birds.
The Southern Shore by Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe; Rogers, Stillman / Canada's Atlantic Provinces Adventure Guide
 
 
 
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