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Alan Williams / Male Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) displaying on lake expelling air from breast feathers to form bubbles (captive bird) UK, May 2010
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Gerrit Vyn / Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) male in breeding plumage performing a "bubbling display"which is used in both courtship and aggressive territorial encounters. The male holds its head and tail and 2 ro...
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Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) male in courtship display, British Columbia, Canada
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Nick Saunders/ BIA / Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) male in courtship display, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Alan Murphy / Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) male in courtship display, British Columbia, Canada
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Roland Seitre / Andean duck (Oxyura ferruginea) male, on water, La Paz region, Bolivia.
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Marie Read / Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) male performing 'bubbling' courtship display to female, Pettibone, North Dakota, USA, June.
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John Chan / Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) diving to forage for aquatic plants, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, November.
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John Chan / Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) diving to forage for aquatic plants, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, November.
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Charlie Summers / Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) female rolling on her side as she preens. Image taken on an Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge pond in North Park, Colorado.
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Charlie Summers / Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) drake making bubbles in courtship behaviour, Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge pond, North Park, Colorado.
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John Shaw / Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) in a small marsh pond, doing courtship display where it beats its breast with bill to create bubbles. British Columbia, Canada. June.
