Spatula clypeata, Duck egg

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Description:

One of nine northern shoveler eggs discovered in Mountain View County after flushing the bird at close range (see CBE2459 - CBE2467). The eggs had been laid recently in a nest located in a "deep cavity well lined with grass and considerable down. Not far from slough in path of grass. This nest and a pin-tail nest were situated within 10 ft. of each other," (Hamm Slip).

Synonym: Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758
Original Set Mark: 63.49 Hamm Collection
Cutts Collection