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