Example Sentences

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As the Prairie Pothole Region goes, so goes the northern pintail.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

First last August come the iconic northern pintail, an elegant duck, with its needle tail and long, slim profile.

From National Geographic • Jul. 16, 2015

Earlier testing of wild birds had focused on Western Washington, after a northern pintail duck in Whatcom County tested positive for H5N2 avian influenza in December.

From Washington Times • Jan. 14, 2015

State officials discovered the virus in the pintail duck as they responded to a die-off of wild ducks at Wiser Lake in Whatcom County.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2014

Frightful might have remained with them had not a flock of pintail ducks come down on the shore below.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George