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High Tide and an East Wind - The Story of the Black Duck (Hardcover)
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High Tide and an East Wind - The Story of the Black Duck (Hardcover)
Series: Wildlife Management Institute Classics
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Eastern waterfowlers, who know the black duck best, regard this big
dusky bird as the top game bird against which all other ducks are
measured. In parts of the Northeast this feeling of affection is so
strong that in some circles only the black rates the name of
"duck." All other species, even the famed canvasback, are "coots,"
"fish ducks," or are known by even less complimentary titles. Much
of this devotion is justified. Without the black duck, wildfowling
in much of the thickly settled East would be an unrewarding
pastime. Big as a mallard, as wary as a Canada goose, and as
handsome in full plumage as any duck that flies, the black duck
fills a place on the American sporting scene that could be filled
by no other waterfowl. Here is the dramatic story of the life of
the black duck, from the time the broods hatch on the spruce-lined
ponds of eastern Canada, through the hazardous flights to the
southern wintering areas, to the return of the paired birds to the
nesting grounds in spring. It is a story told authoritatively by a
Canadian scientist whose adult life has been spent in studying the
black duck from the fastnesses of its northern breeding grounds in
Labrador and Ungava Bay, to the marshes of Louisiana. In this book
are facts on the black and other species of waterfowl that will be
new to many students of waterfowl as well as to sportsmen. Here
also are recommendations for perpetuating the flights of these
magnificent game birds.
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