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Male Mallard
(Anas platyrhyncos)
Dabblers - found in almost any wetland habitat |
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Female Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
Dabblers - found in almost any wetland habitat |
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Male wood duck
(Aix sponsa)
-Dabbling- Migration
-wooded swamps, marshes, streams, beaver ponds, and small lakes. They stick to wet areas with trees or extensive cattails |
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Wood duck- female
(Aix sponsa)
-Dabbling- Migration
- wooded swamps, marshes, streams, beaver ponds, and small lakes. They stick to wet areas with trees or extensive cattails |
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American black ducks
(Anas rubpripes)
-Look like female mallards, but much darker with grayish face and yellow/olive bill
Dabbler - wetlands including freshwater and saltmarshes. During migration and winter, they rest and forage in protected ponds, marshes, and bays |
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Green-winged Teal - Male
(Anas crecca)
-Migratory
-Small duck with green on wings w/ white stripe on shoulder, red/green head
Dabbler - Shallow ponds with lots of emergent vegetation |
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Green-winged Teal - Female (Anas crecca)
-dark head and throat, creamy stripe near tail in all plumages
Dabbler - Shallow ponds with lots of emergent vegetation |
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Common goldeneye - Male (Bucephala clangula)
-chunky body, large head (black) with white spot on face
-Diving (resident)
- They nest in tree cavities in the boreal forest of northern North America. Prefer lakes with clear water and little vegetation |
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Common goldeneye - Female (Bucephala clangula)
-Brown head with little or not yellow on bill
-Diving (resident)
-They nest in tree cavities in the boreal forest of northern North America. They spend winters mainly in protected coastal waters as well as on large inland lakes and rivers |
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Lesser scaup - male
-Medium sized duck with bump on back of head. Bluish bill w/ small black tip
-Diving, in Vt during migration
-Habitat- Lakes, ponds. Winters in fresh or brackish water. They are in VT during migration. |
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Lesser scaup - female
Diving, in Vt during migration
-Habitat- Lakes, ponds. Winters in fresh or brackish water. |
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Ring-necked duck - male
Black and grey with dark head, white hash marks on side of chest.
Diving Duck (migration)
Habitat- Smaller bodies that other ducks - beaver ponds, small lakes, marshes, cattle ponds. etc. |
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Ring-necked duck - female
Brown with pale cheek, eye ring.
-Diving - migration
-Habitat- Smaller bodies that other ducks - beaver ponds, small lakes, marshes, cattle ponds. etc. |
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Bufflehead - male
White under, dark above. Glossy purple/green head - appears black in indirect or overcast light. White patch on back of head
-Diving, only here during migration
-Habitat-Breeds near ponds/lakes in boreal forest and aspen parkland |
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Bufflehead - female
Dull grey, darker on head with white cheek
-Diving, only here during migration
-Habitat-Breeds near ponds/lakes in boreal forest and aspen parkland |
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Northern Pintail - Male
(not commonly hunted)
-Diving, (migration -keep in mind that habitat usage will not be consistent with migratory populations) |
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Northern pintail - female
(not commonly hunted) |
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Hooded megansers
(not commonly hunted)
-Resident
-Small bodies of freshwater |
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Common merganser - male
(not commonly hunted)
-Resident
-Small bodies of freshwater |
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Common merganser - female
(not commonly hunted) |
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Blue-winged teal - male
(not commonly hunted) |
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Blue-winged teal - female
(not commonly hunted) |
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