零七年春曾贴过一组琵嘴鸭：“红鸭弄水报春归”，当时不知其大名，给起了个绰号叫红鸭，只因其腹部和两肋有大块红色的羽毛。在纽约地区，冬季和初春可以见到。三月底天气转暖就北飞加拿大和阿拉斯加去了。

琵嘴鸭很特别，一是它体型小，不及普通绿头野鸭的二分之一，比冠顶秋沙鸭稍大，从第一张可以看出它与白天鹅体量的差别。二是嘴大，又宽又长，足比普通野鸭长出三分之一。游水时常把嘴埋在水中，滤食小鱼虾等，有时也挖掘水中的植物为食。三是其眼神非常地神兮兮，让人感到它似乎有着深奥的思维能力。琵嘴鸭的雄鸭羽毛十分艳丽：墨绿色鸭头，白胸，红腹及两肋，背部黑褐色，与白色相间，上翅部分羽毛蔚蓝色和绿色。他们喜欢几只甚至几十只围成团不停地旋转，有时会转上几个小时不散。有时也会列队成阵，齐头并进。一群琵嘴鸭头抬出水面游水的景象实不多见。

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