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American Black Duck
Looks like female Mallard but this has overall dark color, bright yellow beak with black tip, black eye stripe, blue/iridescent speculum with no border, often associates with Mallard |
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American Coot
Black body, pointy white beak, chunky, white undertail, white forhead patch, rail, smaller than most ducks
Call: sounds like an old man rubbing his finger on a window. Crazy old man! |
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American Wigeon
Beak is bluish grey with black tip, white crown and dark green patch behind eye (iridescent), rusty colored body, black undertail coverts, white spot just in front of coverts |
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Bufflehead
Bottom half white, black top, black/iridescent head, big white circle extending behind eye with no black border |
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Canvasback
a little larger than Mallard, black tail coverts and butt, white body, black breast, dark red/copper neck and head, black beak that gently slopes (doesn't have an angle) |
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Common Merganser
F: red beak, rufious head, crest, sharp line where rest of body turns white/grey
M: red beak, black head, black top of back, whiter underside |
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Double-Crested Cormorant
Long neck, >crow, all black, yellow goular pouch (like pelican), beak is slim and long with hook on end, green eyes
Dive for fish - heavy and sit low in the water (can really only see head), don't have water-proofing on feathers (get waterlogged, have to dry out), fly in "V" formation (like geese) |
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Gadwall
Tail points up, very black butt, may see white spot just above black butt |
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Great Blue Heron
Most common & largest Heron (~Sandhill Crane), S-shaped neck, blue in color, massive beak with yellow color, white neck with black streaks, ornate feathers on head in breeding season, thick black stripe behind eye, hairy feathers on chest and back, nest in colonies
Call: a deep, horse croak: a frog getting stepped on |
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Great Egret
Same size as Blue Heron, all white, bright yellow bill, slender & long neck, black legs & feet, flies with neck pulled back in an "S" |
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Green Heron
Like least bittern, top & back are black, side of neck is purple, small and stocky, yellow legs, long bill, neck shorter than most herons |
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Hooded Merganser
M: white patch extending from the eyes that is bordered by black line, crest, tail pointed up, very slender beak with serrations, chesnut flank |
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Lesser Scaup
Similar to Greater Scaup - grey back, black head, black chest, black butt, grey flanks, bluish grey beak with tiney black tip; BUT has crested head, black/purple iridescent head |
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Mallard
M: bright green head with white stripe underneath, tail curls up, dark top, grey lower, black butt with white feathers in the middle, blue speculum with white border |
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Pied-billed Grebe
Diving duck, almost never on land, smaller than mallard, light grey short conical bill with black ring on it, white undertail coverts, chunky bird with short beak and big head
Call: like a howler monkey, ascending howls, cow cow cow |
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Redhead
Very similar to Canvasback, black butt, grey body, black breast, red neck and head BUT: grey beak with black tip and more angle from head to beak (normal duck beak), body is darker grey |
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Red-breasted Merganser
M: medium size, red beak, black head, white ring around neck, shaggy/hairy (oldman) crest, breast rufious color, grey flanks, black top on back with white inbetween that and the grey |
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Ring-necked Duck
Dark overall, black back and grey flanks, white line above mid-dorsal region, tri-colored beak (base is dark grey, white ring, black tip), feather crest on head |
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Sandhill Crane
~Great Blue Heron but with more erect posture, feed on seeds & grass, plain grey/rusty brownred eyebrow shield, tail feathers ruffle up like circle, flies with straight neck & legs extending past tail color (depending on time of year)
Call: pterodactyl sound (rolling trumpet with rattling) |
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Whooping Crane
Tallest bird in NA, long neck/legs, white body, black wingtips, red forhead/cheek, rump tuft of feathers |
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