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Waterfowl Identification

Waterfowl Identification. Habitat. Wetlands & ponds Usually fresh water Food Plants Fish Insects. Drake= Mature Male Duck Hens= Mature Female Duck Duckling= Young ducks. Mallard. Medium Somewhat domesticated Common. Pintail. Extremely Shy/Wary Long pointed tail. Gadwall.

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Waterfowl Identification

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  1. Waterfowl Identification

  2. Habitat • Wetlands & ponds • Usually fresh water • Food • Plants • Fish • Insects

  3. Drake= Mature Male Duck • Hens= Mature Female Duck • Duckling= Young ducks

  4. Mallard • Medium • Somewhat domesticated • Common

  5. Pintail • Extremely Shy/Wary • Long pointed tail

  6. Gadwall • Mistaken for a Mallard • More agile

  7. American Wigeon

  8. Wood Duck

  9. Common Goldeneye

  10. Canvasback • Largest • Fastest • Bill Shape

  11. Red Head • Confused with Canvasback • Rounder Head

  12. Ring-Necked Duck • Whitish ring around tip of their bill

  13. Shoveler • Mistaken for a Mallard • “Spoonbills”

  14. Green Winged Teal

  15. Scaup • Blue bill • White band along back of wing

  16. Coot

  17. Canada Geese

  18. Snow Goose

  19. Tundra Swan

  20. Trumpeter Swan

  21. Wilson’s Snipe

  22. Sand Hill Crane

  23. Great Blue Heron

  24. Conservation • Federal Duck Stamp • Required to hunt migratory birds • 98% of funds go towards waterfowl conservation

  25. Federal Duck Stamp • President Hoover started the program 1929 • Stamps are available in every state and in a few foreign countries

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