1. Waterfowl

2. 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

3. Mallard

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

5. Pintail

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

7. American Widgeon

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

9. Gadwall

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

11. Northern Shoveler

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

13. Wood Duck

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

15. Green-Winged Teal

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

17. Blue-Winged Teal

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

19. Redhead

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

21. Canvasback

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

23. Ring-Necked Duck

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

25. Bufflehead

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

27. 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

28. Canada Goose

29. 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

30. Tundra Swan

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

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