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If you spend your time on wood docks snooping on Wood Ducks, you might be a quack addict.
 
There is just something endearing about ducks...from the childhood rubber duckie to the screaming Peking selling insurance.  We can't get enough.
 
Here are photos of some of the rarer ducks I've found lately in GA.
 
Eric Beohm

Below is a photo of White-winged Scoters and Surf Scoters (also Scaup) at Sapelo Island.

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Found this Common Goldeneye female on 11/08/06 at E. L. Huie LAF.

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Canvasback, Redheads, Scaup on Chattahoochee River 11/13/06.

Michael and I found this White-winged Scoter in Fayette County (south-Atlanta area) on 12/10/04.  (Photos below)

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Greater Scaup @ Lake Seminole 12/3/05

We found this White-winged Scoter at West Point Lake 12/07/05.  (Photos below)

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White-winged Scoter

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I've found some pretty good ducks at Heads Creek Reservoir in Spalding County.   Had a White-winged Scoter 01/19/2014.  Canvasback and Redhead have been reliable.
 
Eric Beohm

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White-winged Scoter

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White-winged Scoter

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Canvasback - In the coves by the road

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Redhead