These were the only twopintails observed in this area.
Day after day the clouds of Pintails and Wigeon, of Shovellers, Pochards, and Teal, and fresh files of grey geese wing their way northwards; while their places are simultaneously being filled by arrivals from the south.
In 1908, a very wet spring, almost as many pintails bred here as mallards, and in eight nests observed the maximum number of eggs was nine.
In wet years a considerable number of pintailsremain to nest in the marismas of Guadalquivir, and by August the broods (together with those of garganey, marbled duck, etc.
They obtain their food from floating weeds in the water, and are never seen, like the Pintails and other kinds, feeding on the dry land.
In the valley of the Rio Negro, in Patagonia, the Pintails sometimes cause serious damage to the farmers, coming up in clouds from the river by night to devour the ripe grain.
The whistlers and pintails were overtaken next, and then, more slowly, the little flock, flying in perfect form, began to cut down the lead of the canvasbacks in front.
Of these six ducks, four were brown pintails (Dafila spinicauda) and two were Chiloe widgeon (Mareca sibilatrix).
On approaching it I examined the birds through my telescope and discovered them to be brown pintails (Dafila spinicauda).
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