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The canvasback has a distinctive wedge-shaped head and long graceful neck. The adult male (drake) has a black bill, a chestnut red head and neck, a black breast, a grayish back, black rump, and a blackish brown tail. The drake's sides, back, and belly are white with fine vermiculation resembling the weave of a canvas, which gave rise to the ...
December 25, 1953. (1953-12-25) Running time. 7 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Canvas Back Duck is a 1953 Walt Disney animated short film starring Donald Duck, his nephews, and Pete.
Nyroca ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) The common pochard[2] (/ ˈpɒtʃərd /; Aythya ferina), known simply as pochard in the United Kingdom, is a medium-sized diving duck in the family Anatidae. It is widespread across the Palearctic. It breeds primarily in the steppe regions of Scandinavia and Siberia, and winters further south and west.
Redhead (bird) The redhead (Aythya americana) is a medium-sized diving duck. The scientific name is derived from Greek aithuia, an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristotle, and Latin americana, of America. [2] The redhead is 40–56 cm (16–22 in) long with an 74–84 cm (29–33 in) wingspan; the weight ...
The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. Unusually for a bird with such a large range, it has no geographical subspecies if the ...
SMS Helgoland was a dreadnought battleship of the Imperial German Navy. Her design improved from the Nassau class, including an increase in the bore diameter of the main guns. Her keel was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyards in Kiel; she was launched on 25 September 1909, and commissioned on 23 August 1911.
Description. [edit] The gadwall is 47–58 cm (19–23 in) long with a 78–85 cm (31–33 in) wingspan. [ 10 ] The male is slightly larger than the female, weighing on average 990 g (35 oz) against her 850 g (30 oz). [ 11 ] The breeding male is patterned grey, with a black rear end, light chestnut wings, and a brilliant white speculum, obvious ...
The band released its debut album, Never Trust a Happy Song, on September 13, 2011, through Canvasback/Atlantic Records.They released 4 singles from the album – Colours (which was featured on FIFA 12, albeit as the Captain Cuts remix), "Tongue Tied" (which went on to score the band a no. 1 on the US Alternative Chart and featured in several commercials (including one for Apple, and one for ...