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The mallard and widgeon, coming in high with the gale behind, were gone before they had arrived.

Also spotted, but in fewer numbers, were snow geese, buffleheads, redheads, goldeneyes, American widgeon, ruddy, ring-necked, canvasbacks, scaup and wood ducks.

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food says test results show an American widgeon duck had the H5N8 strain of the flu.

With the mild weather there still are numbers of widgeon, teal, and gadwall around mostly on the smaller water.

These four varieties are the best known, but the widgeon and blue-wing are also plentiful, and outside these are at least half a dozen varieties less familiar to Australian sportsmen.