Waterfowl

Duck Life Cycle 1.Paired up in winter 2.Migrate north in winter 3.Reach destination, usually where the hen was born, a nest is created 4.Hen lays a clutch of 5 to 14 5.Incubates eggs while the drake leaves 6.Hen leads duckling to water within 24 hours of hatching 7.Fully feathered by late August 8.Fall begins in September

Mallard

Habitat: ponds, marshes, and lakes Feeding Habits: aquatic plants, insects, seeds, and small aquatic animals

Pintail

Habitat: prairie potholes and marshes, including salt water Feeding Habits: aquatic vegetation but also eats seeds and grains

American Widgeon

Habitat: Marshes, pond, shallow lakes Feeding Habits: aquatic plants, seeds and grains

Gadwall

Habitat: freshwater and saltwater marshes, ponds, and lakes, Feeding Habits: seeds, stems, and leaves of aquatic plants

Northern Shoveler

Habitat: Freshwater marshes and prairie potholes Feeding Habits: small aquatic organisms from ponds and marshes, aquatic plants and seeds

Wood Duck

Wood Ducks Habitat: wooded ponds, rivers, streams, northern wood swamps, and southern wooded swamps Feeding Habits: aquatic plants, acorns and grains

Green-Winged Teal

Green-winged Teal Habitat: freshwater marshes, prairie potholes, ponds, and lakes Feeding Habits: aquatic plants, seeds and grains

Blue-Winged Teal

Blue wing Teal Habitat: freshwater marshes, ponds, prairie potholes, lakes, saltwater marshes Feeding Habits: aquatic plants seeds and grains

Redhead

Habitat: marshes, lakes, reservoirs, bays, and saltwater marshes during winter Feeding Habits: aquatic vegetation, stems, roots, leaves

Canvasback

Habitat: large freshwater marshes, lakes, reservoirs, saltwater marshes, bays Feeding Habits: aquatic plant life

Ring-Necked Duck

Habitat: lakes, reservoirs, inland waters Feeding Habits: aquatic plants and their seeds, snails, and insects

Bufflehead

Habitat: inland waterways, lakes, and reservoirs, bays, Feeding Habits: small marine life, minnows, insects, snails

Geese Life Cycle 1.Nest above the tree line on the arctic tundra of Alaska and Canada 2.Geese pair up on their wintering grounds. Mate for life, unless something happens to the other 3.Female constructs a nest of grasses 4.Lay 4 to 12 eggs, incubates while gander stand guard 5.By late summer or early fall, young geese are fully fledged and ready for long migration south

Canada Goose

Habitat: Arctic tundra, freshwater marshes, lake, reservoirs, rivers, and even city parks Feeding Habits: feed heavily on insects as young, adults eat wide variety of grasses, wheat and grains

Tundra Swan

Habitat: Marshes, lakes, reservoirs, inland waters Feeding Habits: aquatic vegetation

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