Muscovy Duck
Date Submitted: January 31, 2010
Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 1/20/10
Observation Time: 3:55 p.m.
Observation Location: Knifeshop Pond, Ames Street
Plant or Animal? Animal
Common Name: Muscovy Duck
Scientific Name: Cairina moschata
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Comments: The Muscovy Duck is a large duck which is native to Mexico and Central and South America. A small wild population reaches into the United States in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. There also are feral breeding populations in North America in and around public parks in nearly every state of the USA and in the Canadian provinces; feral populations also exist in Europe. Although the Muscovy Duck is a tropical bird, it adapts to icy and snowy conditions down to –12°C (10°F) and below without ill effects. — Wikipedia
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