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Found in a cattle pond near a small town in Henry County, Illinois, this Black-bellied Whistling-Duck walked perfectly into Cassie Dahl's view. - The species is native from southern Texas and Arizona south to Argentina. In recent years, it has been turning up regularly in the central and eastern U.S., and this year, reports have come from as far north as central North Dakota and New Brunswick.
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