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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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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 • Mistaken for a Mallard • More agile
Canvasback • Largest • Fastest • Bill Shape
Red Head • Confused with Canvasback • Rounder Head
Ring-Necked Duck • Whitish ring around tip of their bill
Shoveler • Mistaken for a Mallard • “Spoonbills”
Scaup • Blue bill • White band along back of wing
Conservation • Federal Duck Stamp • Required to hunt migratory birds • 98% of funds go towards waterfowl conservation
Federal Duck Stamp • President Hoover started the program 1929 • Stamps are available in every state and in a few foreign countries