| 单词 | canvasback |
| 例句 | On the banks of Yosemite Creek, brown-headed canvasback ducks plunged and preened. Airstream trailer stays add retro glam to a road trip down the Pacific Coast 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z “It’s always a challenge to get a new species,” said Feiock, who remains on the lookout for a drake canvasback. Duck blinds a haven for hunters at Presque Isle 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The only bag limit change is for canvasback ducks, which increases from one to two per day. Minnesota announces fall duck and goose seasons, regulations 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Pete Ciraulo, 49, drove in from Idaho with a canvasback duck he shot and mounted atop a glossy pool framed with rope. Masters of Taxidermy Seek to Replicate More Than an Animal’s Appearance 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z There are things that people loved in 19th-century America that are no longer common, like terrapin, or canvasback ducks, which were prestige dishes in the 1800s. The Long History of Food—And Celebrity Chefs 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Also spotted, but in fewer numbers, were snow geese, buffleheads, redheads, goldeneyes, American widgeon, ruddy, ring-necked, canvasbacks, scaup and wood ducks. Annual W.Va. waterfowl survey finds fewer duck, geese 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Diving ducks like canvasbacks, redheads, bluebills and buffleheads are among the most common birds bagged, Tarasovitch said. Duck blinds a haven for hunters at Presque Isle 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z “It was a canvasback we bought from Jean Sloat, who owned a little antique shop in Gettysburg, South Dakota,” he said. Bismarck couple boasts large bird decoy collection 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Among the migrants that may now find the refuge less appealing are ruddy ducks, hooded mergansers, scaups and canvasbacks. Gateway National Recreation Area Still Rebuilding After Hurricane Sandy 2012-12-11T03:33:16Z Special limits for hen mallard, pintail, redhead, canvasback, goldeneye, harlequin, scoter and long-tailed duck are identical to last season. Waterfowl hunters seem headed for great season 2012-08-11T04:12:06Z I remember with pleasure the canvasback ducks that you sent to me at London, and which gave me and my friends so much pleasure. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z During duck hunting season, the boxes are blinds where men, women and youths, age 12 and older, wait with shotguns for canvasbacks, redheads, bluebills, buffleheads and other varieties of the waterfowl. Duck blinds a haven for hunters at Presque Isle 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Nest and Eggs—The nest of the canvasback is generally found on some little knoll in the marsh, and is lined with dead grass and feathers, and often with considerable down. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z For 'highballs,' 'cocktails,' 'canvasback,' For clams and terrapin! The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z Of the duck family the following species are abundant here: the teal, the mallard, widgeon, pintail, canvasback, spoonbill, sawbill and woodduck. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z Now the festive frog is croaking in the mere, And the canvasback is honking in the bay, And the summer-girl is smiling full of cheer On the willieboys that chance along her way. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z There is no water-fowl, in my judgment, not even the redheaded duck and canvasback duck, which excels in delicate tissue and flavor the delicious teal. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The bill of the female red-head meets the skull in quite an abrupt manner, while hat of the ring-neck has more of the sloping character of the canvasback. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Prairie-chickens have dark meat, and many epicures declare that they should be cooked quite as rare as canvasback ducks and that their flavor when so served is unsurpassed. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Yes, golf is a splendid game and I love it, though I don’t think I’d ever let a good canvasback duck get cold while I was talking about it. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder Ducks, mallards and canvasbacks, feed and fatten in the shallow water among the reeds. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Bingham bowed over his glass, and regretted that canvasback ducks and terrapin were not yet in season. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Mallards, canvasbacks, sprigs and widgeons had been named, so when he came to me I answered that any kind would do me. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z "Well, one thing sure," declared Nick, admiringly; "if ever Jack Stormways pulls trigger on a canvasback, he goes along with this bully crowd, all right." Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida When I have a canvasback duck before me I don’t think of anything else while it’s there. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder "Huh! our end of it is no trick for a bunch of canvasbacks," said the foreman of the gang. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Bless me! oysters, cranberries, succotash, canvasback ducks, wild turkeys, pumpkin pie, dairymaids ladies, wives the equals of their husbands! Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance "The much despised ruddy," was his reply, "the superior of the canvasback when properly handled." Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Many a teal and widgeon and canvasback had fallen to my double-barreled Manton, back on the Atlantic coast—very long ago, before I had got entangled in this confounded web of misadventure and homicidal tendencies. Desert Dust You wouldn’t expect champagne, terrapin, and canvasback ducks?” Ladies-In-Waiting Their celery-fed canvasbacks may be better—never had a chance to try them—but the canvasback in this country can't touch the mallards. The Adventures of Bobby Orde “Shall I help you to a bit of canvasback, my lord?” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Lafe, that last shot at that canvasback you made was the longest shot ever made on the Potomac. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 Just at present I do not wish this canvasback to get cold. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Five minutes later he returned with his kicker and her two ducks—great, fat, heavy canvasbacks, beautiful in their red, black, and drab plumage. Blue-Bird Weather The pirate and banknote monger still gloat o'er their golden stacks, while I must appease my hunger with oysters and canvasbacks. Rippling Rhymes Mallards, pintails, and wigeon form loose groups; teal and shovelers flash by in small, compact bunches; at a distance, canvasbacks shift from waving lines to temporary V's. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide The supple Patrick Henry Hanway thanked the aristocracy for the honor, took the place, and carried out their wishes for patrolling oysterbeds, protecting canvasbacks, and preventing foreclosures. The President A novel And yes, some small bird, beccasine, broiled lightly—perhaps you will enjoy it after the canvasback, although I assure you those are excellent indeed. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive They are to society what their own wild turkeys and canvasbacks are to the menu. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. The ponds within its borders furnish feeding-grounds for canvasback ducks, redhead, mallard, blackhead and various species of wild geese. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Flying goldeneyes make a whistling sound; wood ducks move with a swish; canvasbacks make a steady rushing sound. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide When this news was understood by men, the shocked aristocracy let their canvasbacks grow cold and their burgundy stand untasted. The President A novel “If the woodcock is as good as the canvasback,” was her somewhat irrelevant reply, “I shall call the evening a success, after all.” The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive I stick to terrapin, green turtle, canvasbacks, and the like, and every young chap in the land slaps me on the back, calls me Billy, and regards me as a contemporary. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 The Mallard Duck.—A great many persons have made persistent attempts to breed the canvasback, redhead, mallard, black duck, pintail, teal and other species, on a commercial basis. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Hen Eclipse Drake Normally late to start south, canvasbacks migrate in lines and irregular V's. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide His chef ransacks the markets for pheasants, snipe, woodcock, Egyptian quail and canvasbacks. The "Goldfish" Moreover, I have laid aside two canvasbacks, the best I ever saw—it was in the hope that some really good friend of mine would come in. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive With the aid of his old British musket and of his Newfoundland dog "Gunner" he secured many a canvasback and mallard, to say nothing of quails, turkeys and other game. George Washington: Farmer The teal, the mallard, the widgeon, the shoveller, the canvasback—all mingled in the loud-voiced throng that arose before the leader's approach, then, like smoke, vanished with almost unbelievable swiftness into the hazy distance. Where the Trail Divides I saw one old canvasback drake, however, peck at another duck. Out of Doors—California and Oregon That boiled egg or the canvasback represents a running expense of at least a hundred dollars a day. The "Goldfish" One of them was of the class of people who grumble if they don't get canvasbacks and woodcocks every day, for three-fifty per week. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R Lobster in every form is a favorite supper delicacy, and the grouse; snipe, woodcock, teal; canvasback, and squab on toast, are always in order. Manners and Social Usages I managed to land, among others, a beautiful canvasback drake. Out of Doors—California and Oregon Essentially it costs me as much to lunch off a boiled egg, served in my dining room at home, as to carve the breast off a canvasback. The "Goldfish" You don't degrade a' oyster, a soft shell crab, or a clam with confectionery; why a canvasback duck? Colonel Carter of Cartersville I told James 'twas a canvasback, and he blazed away at it, but missed it by three fathom, as might have been expected. Cape Cod Stories I met him several times and found that he never could be reconciled to our two most famous dishes—terrapin and canvasback duck—the duck nearly raw. My Memories of Eighty Years These lakes furnish food for the canvasback duck in the various grasses and other growths, of which they are extremely fond. Out of Doors—California and Oregon And they learned to eat roasted mallard and canvasback in the California style of sixteen minutes in a hot oven. The Valley of the Moon You Nawtherners don't really treat a canvasback with any degree of respect. Colonel Carter of Cartersville Say, neighbor, did you ever hunt those big mountain canvasback? Out of Doors—California and Oregon |
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