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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.

Red-crested pochard

Bird

The scientific name of these birds, “Netta rufina” is from the Greek “netta,” meaning duck, and the Latin “rufina,” meaning “red-haired.” Adult males have round orange heads, a red bill, and black breasts. Females are pale brown with a white face.

  • Conservation StatusLeast Concern
  • Life span5-10 years
  • Body size19.6-25.6 in. long
  • Native habitat Lowland marshes and lakes of souther Europe to the steppes of Central Asia, Northern Africa, and the Indian Subcontinent
  • DietAquatic plants, amphibians, small fish
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