4. Waterbirds that are NOT Ducks... Loons Family Gaviidae Common Loon, breedingRed-throated Loon, winter

5. More non-ducks... Grebes Family Podicipedidae Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Pied-billed Grebe

6. More Non-ducks... Double-crested Cormorant Common Coot

7. Even more non-ducks Common Moorhen/Gallinule Red Phalarope

8. Classification of Waterfowl Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, & swans) Subfamily Anserinae –Whistling or Tree Ducks –Swans & True Geese Subfamily Anatinae –Dabbling or surface-feeding ducks (e.g., Mallard) –Pochards (e.g., Canvasback) –Sea Ducks –Stiff-tailed Ducks

9. Swans Mute Swan Tundra/Whistling Swan

10. Geese Canada Goose Brant

11. Snow/Blue Goose

12. Puddle Ducks habitat is fresh, shallow water feed by dabbling or ‘tipping up’ very rarely dive explode into flight off the water only ones to be seen in cropland

13. Mallard

14. American Black Duck Note silver underwing-lining in flight

15. Common Pintail

16. Gadwall ‘gray mallard’ black rump often a white patch towards rear

17. Wigeon American Wigeon European Wigeon

18. Shoveler

19. Blue-winged Teal

20. Green-winged Teal

21. Wood Duck

22. Diving Ducks frequent larger, deeper lakes use large feet as rudders and landing gears frequently dive to great depths usually run across surface to take off

23. Canvasback Note bill profile

24. Redhead Mixed flock

25. Ringneck Note white shoulder patch

26. Scaup Ducks Greater Scaup rounder head greenish gloss white in wing extends nearly to tip females nearly identical Lesser Scaup peaked head purplish gloss white in wing extends halfway to tip

27. Goldeneye

28. Bufflehead

29. Ruddy Duck

30. Common Merganser

31. Red-breasted Merganser

32. Hooded Merganser

33. Surf Scoter

34. White-winged Scoter

35. Black Scoter

36. Eiders Common Eider King Eider

37. Oldsquaw Long-tailed Duck

38. Harlequin

39. A word about waterfowl...

40. Have you quacked up yet? Or, are you feeling simply ducky?