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  • First flock of the day came in to our dekes from the left, I cart-wheeled the 3rd drake green-head leaving the other two for my buddies.

    Bourjaily on Ducking and Covering 2008

  • The show had just a few performances at an outdoor theater in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with hordes of mosquitoes and biting green-head flies plaguing performers and spectators alike.

    Julie Taymor. 2009

  • At 9:45, a green-head circles around the area and drops gracefully to the water amidst the decoys.

    Confederacy of Silence Richard Rubin 2002

  • At 9:45, a green-head circles around the area and drops gracefully to the water amidst the decoys.

    Confederacy of Silence Richard Rubin 2002

  • At 9:45, a green-head circles around the area and drops gracefully to the water amidst the decoys.

    Confederacy of Silence Richard Rubin 2002

  • He could hear the sweet flute-notes of teal and pintails, and the raucous, cautious quack of some old green-head.

    The Blood of the Conquerors Harvey Fergusson

  • You walk around the island, hoping the green-head flies don't eat you alive.

    Candidateblogs.baltimoresun.com Blogs 2010

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