First White-winged Wood Duck Hatched, CRC

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Summary

A white-winged wood duck, believed to be the first to be hatched in the United States, is born at the Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, Va.

Subject

  • Conservation Biology Institute (National Zoological Park)
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 9/1978, p. 4

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1978

Topic

  • Animals
  • Firsts
  • Endangered ecosystems
  • Childbirth
  • Endangered species

Place

Front Royal (Va.)

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