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Canvasback Duck: The Aristocrat of Ducks and Its Wild Celery
The canvasback duck is a large North American diving duck with a chestnut head, a whitish body and a long…
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The Mallard and the ducks people meet at the park, the lake and the estuary: how to tell them apart, what they are doing, and what feeding them does. Species descriptions come from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the RSPB.
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American Black Duck: The Mallard Look-Alike That Is Not a Mallard
The American black duck is a dark brown dabbling duck of eastern North America, about the same size and shape…
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Ruddy Duck: The Blue-Billed Duck, and Why Britain Removed It
The ruddy duck is a small, stiff-tailed diving duck of North America; in summer the male has a bright blue…
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Tufted Duck: The Park-Pond Diver With the Yellow Eye
The tufted duck is a medium-sized diving duck of Europe and Asia: the male black with white sides, the female…
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American Wigeon: The Duck That Whistles and Grazes
The American wigeon is a compact North American dabbling duck: the breeding male has a white crown, the origin of…
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Wood Duck: The Duck That Nests in Trees, and How It Came Back
The wood duck is a small to medium-sized North American duck of wooded swamps, and the drake has, in Cornell's…
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Mandarin Duck: Where It Comes From and Where It Turns Up
The mandarin duck is an East Asian perching duck, native to China, Japan, Korea and parts of Russia, that escaped…
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Hooded Merganser: The Duck With the Fan-Shaped Crest
The hooded merganser is a small diving duck of North America's wooded ponds and rivers that hunts small fish, crayfish…
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Northern Pintail: The Long-Tailed Duck Built for Long Flights
The northern pintail is a slender, long-necked dabbling duck named for the drake's two long black tail feathers. Cornell records…
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Northern Shoveler: The Duck With the Spoon-Shaped Bill
The northern shoveler is a dabbling duck with an oversized, spoon-shaped bill that works as a sieve, straining tiny crustaceans,…
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Green-winged Teal: North America’s Smallest Dabbling Duck
The green-winged teal is North America's smallest dabbling duck, a compact bird whose drake has a chestnut head with a…
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Bufflehead: The Tiny Diver That Nests in Woodpecker Holes
The bufflehead is a tiny black-and-white diving duck that breeds in the northern forests of Canada and Alaska and spends…