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Wild Lights CANCELED TONIGHT

Due to flooding around some lanterns, Wild Lights is canceled tonight, Nov. 8. If you already have tickets, they’ll be valid any other night that Wild Lights is open.

Argentine ruddy duck

South America·Bird

These compact ducks dive to find their food. Thin plates on their bills allow them to strain the mouthfuls of mud they pick up from the bottom of ponds, leaving them with a mouthful of zooplankton, bugs, and plants.

  • Conservation StatusLow Concern
  • Life spanup to 13 years
  • Body sizearound 15 in. long
  • Native habitat Marshes near lakes and ponds of southern South America
  • DietAquatic insects, crustaceans, and other invertebrates
Military Macaw Boat-billed heron

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