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Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Northern Pintails (along with Gadwalls, below), have less audacious coloring than lots of other male ducks, opting instead for tasteful collections of earth-tone shades and textures that seem destined to be swiped for a designer sheet & comforter set at Target. Look hard at the Gadwall before proclaiming you'd never sleep on a bed modeled after a duck's bottom.
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
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