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Long-Tailed and Smew Ducks
April 10 , 2023
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- The rare long-tailed ducks have been spotted in Wullar lake, Kashmir after over 84 years.
- These ducks sighted last time in Hokersar was in 1939 by F Ludlow.
- They are slim, colourful sea ducks with long tails.
- They fly quickly and low, often forming and reforming tight clusters.
- The long-tailed ducks migrate all the way to British Columbia on their way west from Alaska and Russia.
- Smews (Mergellus albellus) are medium-sized ducks that are part of the Anatidae family.
- The smew is a species found in both Eurasia and Europe.
- They rarely visit different parts of the Indian subcontinent.
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