Waterfowl

Duck Life Cycle

1. Paired up in winter2. Migrate north in winter3. Reach destination, usually where the hen was

born, a nest is created 4. Hen lays a clutch of 5 to 145. Incubates eggs while the drake leaves6. Hen leads duckling to water within 24 hours of

hatching7. Fully feathered by late August8. Fall begins in September

Mallard

Mallard

Habitat: ponds, marshes, and lakesFeeding Habits: aquatic plants, insects, seeds,

and small aquatic animals

Pintail

Pintail

Habitat: prairie potholes and marshes, including salt water

Feeding Habits: aquatic vegetation but also eats seeds and grains

American Widgeon

American Widgeon

Habitat: Marshes, pond, shallow lakesFeeding Habits: aquatic plants, seeds and grains

Gadwall

Gadwall

Habitat: freshwater and saltwater marshes, ponds, and lakes,

Feeding Habits: seeds, stems, and leaves of aquatic plants

Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Habitat: Freshwater marshes and prairie potholes

Feeding Habits: small aquatic organisms from ponds and marshes, aquatic plants and seeds

Wood Duck

Wood Ducks

Habitat: wooded ponds, rivers, streams, northern wood swamps, and southern wooded swamps

Feeding Habits: aquatic plants, acorns and grains

Green-Winged Teal

Green-winged Teal

Habitat: freshwater marshes, prairie potholes, ponds, and lakes

Feeding Habits: aquatic plants, seeds and grains

Blue-Winged Teal

Blue wing Teal

Habitat: freshwater marshes, ponds, prairie potholes, lakes, saltwater marshes

Feeding Habits: aquatic plants seeds and grains

Redhead

Red head

Habitat: marshes, lakes, reservoirs, bays, and saltwater marshes during winter

Feeding Habits: aquatic vegetation, stems, roots, leaves

Canvasback

Canvasback

Habitat: large freshwater marshes, lakes, reservoirs, saltwater marshes, bays

Feeding Habits: aquatic plant life

Ring-Necked Duck

Ring-Necked Duck

Habitat: lakes, reservoirs, inland watersFeeding Habits: aquatic plants and their seeds,

snails, and insects

Bufflehead

Bufflehead

Habitat: inland waterways, lakes, and reservoirs, bays,

Feeding Habits: small marine life, minnows, insects, snails

Geese Life Cycle

1. Nest above the tree line on the arctic tundra of Alaska and Canada

2. Geese pair up on their wintering grounds. Mate for life, unless something happens to the other

3. Female constructs a nest of grasses4. Lay 4 to 12 eggs, incubates while gander stand

guard5. By late summer or early fall, young geese are

fully fledged and ready for long migration south

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Habitat: Arctic tundra, freshwater marshes, lake, reservoirs, rivers, and even city parks

Feeding Habits: feed heavily on insects as young, adults eat wide variety of grasses, wheat and grains

Tundra Swan

Tundra Swan

Habitat: Marshes, lakes, reservoirs, inland waters

Feeding Habits: aquatic vegetation

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