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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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