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What the Heck is a Dapping Duck?

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You can find out that answer to that question and many more in the August edition of the Library of Congress Wise Guide, which is now online.

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  1. I have to search that site for a dapping duck? You can’t tell me?

  2. It is acctually a dapling duck. it refers to the way the eat. scooping off the top of the water. There are also diving ducks, refering to diving to the bottom to eat.

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