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Length--18-19 in. Weight--1¾ lbs. The trailing legs and...

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Length--21 Weight--2 lbs. Gadwalls are most numerous in...

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Length--24-25 in. Weight--3¼ - 3¾ lbs. These are sea ge...

Ruddy
Length--15½ in. Weight--1-1/3 lbs. The ruddy duck often...

Common Eider
Length--23½ in. Weight--5 lbs. Thick-necked stocky bird...

Wigeon
Length--21 Weight--1¾ lbs. These are nervous birds, qui...

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Length--25½ in. Weight--2½ lbs. This species is larger ...

Cinnamon Teal
In the Pacific Flyway, cinnamon teal are far more common th...

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Diving ducks frequent the larger, deeper lakes and rivers, ...

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Greater--Length--18½ in. Weight--2 lbs. Lesser...


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Blue-winged Teal
Length--16 Weight--15 oz. Their small size and twisting...

Goldeneye
Common--Length--19 in. Weight--2¼ lbs. Barrow's...

Harlequin
Length--17 in. Weight--1½ lbs. Glossy slate-blue plumag...

Snow Geese
Length--29-31 in. Weight--6½-7½ lbs. Two races of snow ...

Eclipse Plumage
Most ducks shed their body feathers twice each year. Nearly...

Bufflehead
Length--14½ in. Weight--1 lb. Stragglers migrate south ...

Red-breasted Merganser
Length--23 in. Weight--2½ lbs. These birds winter most ...

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Puddle ducks are typically birds of fresh, shallow marshes ...

Black Duck
Length--24 in. Weight--2¾ lbs. A bird of the eastern St...

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Length--20 in. Weight--2½ lbs. Range coast to coast, wi...



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Greater--Length--18½ in.
Weight--2 lbs.

Lesser--Length--17 in.
Weight--1-7/8 lbs.

Except for the wing marks, greater and lesser scaup appear nearly
identical in the field.

The light band near the trailing edges of the wings runs almost to the
tip in the greater scaup, but only about half way in the lesser.

Greater scaup prefer large open water areas; lesser scaup often use
marshes and ponds.

Both species migrate late, sometimes just before freezeup.

Flock movements are rapid, often erratic, usually in compact groups.

Hens are silent; drake lesser scaup purr; drake greater scaup have a
discordant scaup, scaup.





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