• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Circumpolar, breeds in arctic and winters in central valley, Mexico, gulf states
• migratory
• General Goose habitat
• General goose diet
• 4-6 eggs
• General goose reproduction
• Increasing, common, 1970s decline in Pacific Flyways

• Snow Goose (also has "Blue Goose" morph, with grey body and white head/neck)
• Breed in arctic, Siberia, Japan to Mexico, gulf coast, and US
• Migratory
• General goose habitat
• general goose diet
• 3-5 eggs
• Colonial breeder, travel in large groups
• Increasing exponentially, overabundant, 4.5 million, thrives in ag areas, habitat destruction
• Blue Goose rare in West, common gulf coast

"Blue Goose"

Same as Snow Goose

• Ross' Goose
• Breeds arctic Canada winters in CA, SW US, Gulf Coast
• Migratory
• General goose habitat
• General goose diet
• 4 eggs
• General, breed on islands in tundra lakes
• Increasing, 1 million currently

• Canada Goose
• Breed in Alaska, Canada to N. US to S. and coastal US
• Migratory, some resident
• General goose habitat, often near people
• general goose diet, lots of grain/lawn
• 5 eggs
• General goose reproduction, nest on small islands
• Increasing, most common goose in N.A., overabundance, increasing resident populations 5.9 to 11.3% growth/year
• Aleutian Canada Goose threatened, artic fox on breeding islands, 800-->15,000

• Brant, probably use speciman
• Breed in AK+N. Canada to US coasts+Baja CA
• Migratory
• Breed in tundra, winter range=coasts/bays/estuaries
• General goose diet, EELGRASS
• 3-4 eggs
• General goose repro
• Disease of eelgrass in 1930s hurt populations, now they've recovered, populations increasing

• Trumpeter Swan
• Winters along west caost canada+N US+Yellowstone, breeds in AK+canada
• Most migratory
• General goose habitat
• General goose diet+small invertebrates
• 4-6 eggs
• General repro, often use muskrat house as base for nest
• Increasing, formerly ranged all N. America but hunted for meat/feathers, pushed out of breeding grounds for development+Ag

• Tundra Swan
• Breed in N. Coast of Canada+AK winter in NW US+Central East
• Migratory
• General goose habitat
• General goose diet
• 3-5 eggs
• platform nests, nest earlier in year when tundra conditions are impassible
• Incresaing

• Wood Duck
• Most of continental US
• Some migratory, lots of resident
• General habitat but favor woods
• General diet+acorn/berries
• 9-12 eggs
• Nest in tree cavity near water, female dump eggs in other nests
• Near extinction 1900s, nest manipulation helped pop, increasing

• Gadwall
• Breed in N. US/coastal AK/Central Canada, winters down to Mexico/US
• Migratory
• General habitat, will breed in grass away from water
• General diet, nuts/small vertebrates
• 9-11 eggs
• General reproduction
• increasing, range expanding east

• American Widgeon (eyepatch is iridescent)
• Breed N. US/Canada/AK winter in Mexico/Coastal US
• Migratory
• General habitat+fields
• General diet+grass
• 7-8 eggs
• General repro
• Increasing+expanding East

• American Black Duck (purple speculum)
• Breed in NE N. America, winter in SE N. America
• Migratory
• General habitat +sea/lagoons in winter
• General diet
• 9-10 eggs
• General repro
• Stable, previous declines b/c competation/hybridization w/ mallards

• Mallard
• N. hemisphere, Africa, India
• Some resident
• General habitat
• General diet
• 9 eggs
• General reproduction, males gang up on females
• Stable, most common duck in world, 10 million in US

• Blue-winged Teal
• Canada to N. S. AMerica,
• Migratory
• General habitat
• General diet, lots of grain in fall
• 10 eggs
• General repro
• Stable

• Cinnamon Teal (has green speculum)
• SW Canada to S. America
• Migratory
• General habitat+Alkaline wetlands
• General diet
• 9-11 eggs
• General repro
• Stable

• Northern Shoveler (green speculum)
• N. hemisphere to S. AMerica, S. Eurasia+E. Africa
• Migratory, some resident
• general habitat
• Strain vegetation+invertebrates from surface of water
• 9-11 eggs
• General repro
• Increasing

• Northern Pintail
• W. hemisphere to N. S. America, Africa, India
• Migratory
• Typical habitat, some breed in tundra
• Typical diet
• 7-8 eggs
• General repro, sometimes nest far from water
• Declining, longer-lived than most ducks, large pop swings

• Green-winged Teal
• N. to Central America/West Indies
• Migratory
• Typical habitat
• General diet, eats tadpoles in summer/grain in winter
• 10-12 eggs
• general repro
• stable