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Ducks at a Distance
A Waterfowl Identification Guide
By
Bob Hines
Department of the Interior
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Identification is Important
Identifying waterfowl gives many hours of enjoyment to millions of people. This guide
will help you recognize birds on the wing - it emphasizes their fall and winter plumage
patterns as well as size, shape, and flight characteristics. It does not include local
names.Recognizing the species of ducks and geese can be rewarding to birdwatchers and
hunters - and the ducks.
Hunters can contribute to their own sport by not firing at those species that are
either protected or scarce, and needed as breeders to restore the flocks. It can add to
their daily limit; when extra birds of certain species can be taken legally, hunters who
know their ducks on the wing come out ahead. Knowing a mallard from a merganser has
another side: gourmets prefer a corn-fed mallard to the fish duck.
This edition of Ducks at a Distance is a cooperative effort by the U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service and Southwest Natural and Cultural Heritage Association. Published
by Southwest Natural and Cultural Heritage Association, Drawer E, Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Where can I get a
printed version of Ducks at a Distance?
This resource is based on the following source:
Hines, Robert W. No Date. Ducks at a distance: A waterfowl identification
guide. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Natural and Cultural
Heritage Association, Albuquerque, NM. 51pp.
This resource should be cited as:
Hines, Robert W. No Date. Ducks at a distance: A waterfowl identification
guide. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Natural and Cultural
Heritage Association, Albuquerque, NM. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie
Wildlife Research Center Home Page.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/duckdist/duckdist.htm
(Version 04NOV97).
- Dedication to Robert W. Hines
- What to Look For
- Eclipse Plumage
- Puddle Ducks
- Mallard
- Pintail
- Gadwall
- American Wigeon
- Shoveler
- Blue-winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Green-winged Teal
- Wood Duck
- Black Duck
- Diving Ducks, Geese and Swans
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Goldeneye
- Bufflehead
- Ruddy Duck
- Red-Breasted Merganser
- Common Merganser
- Hooded Merganser
- Whistling Ducks
- Scoters
- Common Eider
- Oldsquaw
- Harlequin
- Swans
- Canada Geese
- Brant
- Snow Geese
- White-fronted Geese
- Comparative Sizes of Some Water Birds
- Wetlands Attract Wildlife
- Administrative Waterfowl Flyways
Downloading Instructions -- Instructions on downloading and extracting files from
this site.
- duckdist.zip -- Ducks at a Distance -- A
Waterfowl Identification Guide
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Installation: Extract all files and open duckdist.htm in a web browser.
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