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	Duck
		Duck is the common name for a number of types of bird in the family Anatidae.
		Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, smaller than their relatives the swans or geese, found in both fresh and salt water.
		Ducks should not be confused with several types of unrelated birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/d/du/duck.html (538 words)

	Ducks, Mallards & Wigeons
		Dabbling ducks have special plates called lamellae that are similar to a whale's baleen.
		Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots.
		All domestic ducks are descended from the wild Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, except Muscovy Ducks.
	www.avianweb.com /duckinfo.html (691 words)

	Diving duck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These are gregarious ducks, mainly found on fresh water or on estuaries, though the Greater Scaup becomes marine during the northern winter.
		Diving ducks do not walk as well on land as the dabbling ducks; their legs tend to be placed further back on their bodies help propel them when underwater.
		Seaducks commonly found in coastal areas such as the Long-tailed Duck (formerly known in the US as Oldsquaw), scoters, goldeneyes and eiders are also sometimes colloquially referred to in North America as diving ducks because they also feed by diving.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diving_duck (350 words)

	Dabbling Ducks
		The dabbling ducks are a group of eight genera and about 55 species of ducks, including some of the most familiar Northern Hemisphere species.
		They are in the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae.
		The Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris, which used to be included among the dabbling ducks, is now classed as a diving duck.
	www.avianweb.com /dabblingducks.html (218 words)

	Tails N' Teeth.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds.
		Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than their relatives the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.
		All domestic ducks are descended from the wild Mallard Anas platyrhynchos, except Muscovy Ducks[2].
	www.tailsnteeth.com /index.php?option=com_birds&page=Duck.html (786 words)

	ArabHunter.com
		The males of dabbling duck such as mallard, teal, shoveler and pintail are brightly coloured, often with areas of iridescent plumage, but their females are relatively drab birds in feathers of mottled and spotted brown.
		The susceptibility of some male duck to predation during this flightless period is reduced by the fact that they typically moult out of their distinctive breeding colours and assume a drab appearance similar to the females and juveniles of their species.
		Dabbling duck are broad-billed and sieve water or mud to extract the small crustaceans or vegetable particles which form the staple part of their diet while geese and wigeon, being grazing birds, have shorter, more pointed bills.
	www.arabhunter.com /hunting/waterfowls.htm (746 words)

	Black Ducks
		Once the most abundant dabbling duck in eastern North America, the fl duck began a serious population decline in the 1950s, and its populations reached all-time lows in the early 1980s.
		On the Atlantic coast and on the St. Lawrence estuary, the fl duck is particularly abundant in coastal marshes.
		All ducks tend to return in fall and winter to the same marshes that they visited the previous year, but this trait is most pronounced in the fl duck.
	www.archeryinfo.info /blackduckInfo.html (2306 words)

	birds template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ducks spend a lot of time in water, where their webbed feet serve as paddles for swimming and diving.
		Duck farming is a profitable business on Long Island, New York, and in the state of Washington, as well as in many parts of Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
		Ducks that sift food have wide bills with edges that strain seeds, insects, and snails from the water.
	www.worldbook.com /features/birds/html/types_swim_duck.html (1599 words)

	Duck - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, smaller than their relatives the swans or geese, found in both fresh and salt water.
		Ducks exploit a variety of food sources such as grasses, grains and water plants, fish, insects, and the like.
		Ducks should not be confused with several types of unrelated birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots[?].
	openproxy.ath.cx /du/Duck.html (489 words)

	Falcated Ducks or Falcated Teals
		The Falcated Duck or Falcated Teal (Anas falcata) is a duck which breeds in eastern Asia.
		This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winters in much of southeast Asia.
		This is a Gadwall-sized dabbling duck at 48–54cm length.
	www.beautyofbirds.com /falcatedducks.html (284 words)

	Mallard Ducks
		The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos; Greek for "flat-billed duck"), also known in North America as the Wild Duck, is a common and widespread dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe and Asia.
		This dabbling duck is 56–65 cm length, with an 81–98 cm wingspan, and weighs 750–1000 g.
		Description: This dabbling duck is 56-65 cm length, with an 81–98 cm wingspan, and weighs 750–1000 g.
	www.beautyofbirds.com /mallard.html (1015 words)

	NPWRC :: Red Fox Predation on Breeding Ducks
		Of the 1,857 adult ducks found at dens in the midcontinent area, 1,798 (96.8%) were dabbling ducks, 48 (2.6%) were diving ducks, and 11 (0.6%) were unidentified (Table 1).
		The relative abundance of each duck species at dens in the intensive study area each year was similar to its relative abundance in the population; only small differences separated the 5-year average values.
		The effect of differences in nesting chronology on the vulnerability of dabbling ducks is also revealed by changes in relative abundance of each of the 5 principal species at early and late season dens in the 3-county intensive study area (Table 4).
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/mammals/redfox/species.htm (1077 words)

	Expert Tactics for December's River Ducks
		Dabbling ducks prefer to rest and feed in shallow water around peninsulas, creek inlets and in the water bordering islands; whereas diving ducks habitually frequent the deep water in the center of a river.
		Most diving ducks are not suspicious of hunters and the close proximity of your decoy spread gives you a better chance to score on small, swift ducks such as buffleheads or goldeneyes.
		Ducks want security, and if they have routinely found that lots of ducks mean danger, they'd rather land with a few ducks or none at all.
	www.gameandfishmag.com /hunting/ducks-geese-hunting/gf_aa126603a (2550 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Duck
		The duck family (Anatidae) also includes geese and swans, from which ducks are distinguished by their generally smaller size and shorter necks.
		Any duck that obtains its food by diving to the bottom in deep water rather than by dabbling in shallows (dabbling duck).
		duck Wild duck or wildfowl; Anas spp.; mallard is A. platyrhynchos.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Duck (788 words)

	NPWRC :: Waterfowl Communities in the Northern Plains
		Numbers of dabbling ducks and diving ducks tended to vary inversely, but just 3 pairwise comparisons were significant (with one positive), and x2 = 2.33, P > 0.05 that the number of negative correlations (14/21) was higher than that expected by chance (10.5/21).
		The number of ducks in the study area was positively correlated with May ponds for each of the 11 species, but significantly so for only blue-winged teal (r = 0.71) and northern shoveler (r = 0.58), with northern pintail and ruddy duck correlations indicating 0.10 > P > 0.05(Table 5).
		Among the seven dabbling duck species, correlations with proximate weather variables, namely, April and May mean temperatures and precipitation, showed a general pattern of negative correlations with temperature in both months and generally positive correlations with precipitation, especially in April (Table 5).
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/watercom/results.htm (1362 words)

	Graduate Research Assistants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This study’s objective was to assess the effects of coal mine subsidence on spring migrating dabbling ducks.
		To study the effects, I surveyed the distribution of 8 dabbling duck species during spring migration 2002 at 3 different shoreline habitats: exposed shorelines, subsided coves, and unsubsided coves.
		The total number of dabbling ducks per meter of shoreline at each habitat during each survey was used to test for differences among the 3 shoreline habitats.
	www.siu.edu /~wildlife/aboutcwrl/LKirk.html (351 words)

	The Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Sanctuary - Ducks
		The teal group is very similar to the dabbling ducks, with some species teetering somewhere in between.
		The major difference between the two groups is size; the average teal is about half the size of the average dabbling duck, such as the mallard.
		Most diving ducks have rather short wings; they need to make a running start across the water's surface to become airborne and cannot leap into the air directly off the water like their dabbling cousins.
	www.lrws.org /ducks.html (458 words)

	Salt Plains NWR Just 4 Kids Bird ID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The dabbling ducks' legs are positioned in the middle of the body.
		The dabbling duck is well adapted to walking on land and their bodies are able to take off directly from the water without a running start.
		Ducks at a Distance - Duck ID dense brush areas, as they wouldn't be able to move around under the canopy.
	www.fws.gov /saltplains/kidsbirdlegs.html (615 words)

	Duck Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ducks come in bold and goofy colors.Their feet are perfect for swimming in water or walking in mud.
		Ducks have an oil gland on their back at the base of the upper tail feathers.
		A dabbling duck's feet are smaller and nearer to the front of its body.
	www.conservation.state.mo.us /kids/out-in/2001/02/1.htm (1033 words)

	American Wigeon description
		The word "duck" is probably derived from the Old English "dce" or "dcan," meaning "to dive." Ducks of the genus Anas are freshwater, surface-feeding birds, "dabbling ducks," that forage in shallow waters by tipping tail-up.
		The American Wigeon is a freshwater dabbling duck having grayish to brownish plumage, a rather pointed tail and a rounded head.
		By "dabbling," (floating on the water's surface and abruptly pivoting headfirst and downward into the water while raising their hindquarters above water) these ducks are able to reach submerged aquatic plants and animals on the muddy bottom.
	www.nps.gov /archive/yuch/expanded/key_resources/birds/species_descriptions/amwi_description.htm (626 words)

	Duck Design
		Dabbling ducks spend most of their time in shallow water.
		A dabbling duck's feet are smaller and nearer to the front of its body.
		Dabbling ducks eat a lot of plants, as well as tiny animals.
	mdc.mo.gov /kids/out-in/2001/02/1.htm (1033 words)

	Observing Duck Behavior
		The species of duck observed was the Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos, or the common mallard (1).
		The mallard is a typical dabbling duck, which means it feeds mainly on water plants, which they obtain by tipping upside down in the shallow water.
		Dabbling ducks float high on the water and are swift fliers.
	cas.bellarmine.edu /tietjen/images/observing_duck_behavior.htm (535 words)

	USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center research Laysan Duck
		The Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), also known as the Laysan Teal, is a critically endangered dabbling duck that is restricted to a single population on the remote and rat-free Laysan Island (Fig.
		Before removing ducks from Laysan, it was important to understand their population dynamics so as not to endan- ger the only source population.
		Laysan Ducks reached the brink of extinction in the early 1900s due to the devastating ef- fects of introduced rabbits on the island’s vegetation.
	biology.usgs.gov /pierc/Native_Birds/Laysan_ducks.htm (1349 words)

	MALLARD FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The Mallard, ''Anas platyrhynchos'', also known in North_America as the Wild Duck, is a common and widespread dabbling_duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe and Asia.
		This dabbling duck is 56-65 cm length, with a 81-98 cm wingspan, and weighs 750-1000 g.
		He recounts in his paper that he heard the bang of a duck hitting a window outside his office in the Natuurmuseum Rotterdam: "I went downstairs immediately to see if the window was damaged, and saw a drake mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) lying motionless on its belly in the sand, two metres outside the facade.
	www.palfacts.com /Mallard (644 words)

	dabbling duck -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In true ducks, i.e., those classified in Anatinae, the legs are placed rearward, as in swans, resulting in a waddling gait.
		The torrent duck clings to slippery stones with its stiff tail or dives to probe beneath rocks with its narrow soft...
		On the basis of kinship and to the degree that it likes a marine environment, a diving duck may be popularly called either a bay duck or a sea duck.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9028476?tocId=9028476 (792 words)

	Ducks for kids and teachers - kiddyhouse.com
		Ducks are found in wetlands, marshes, ponds, rivers, lakes and oceans.
		Examples of dabbling ducks are the mallards, cinnamon teals, shovellers, green and blue-winged teals, pintails, fl ducks, baldpates and gadwalls.
		Ducks that come under the Pochards species are the Canvasbacks, Ringnecks, Redheads and Lesser Scaups.
	www.kiddyhouse.com /Farm/ducks1.html (1553 words)

	Waterfowl Habitat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ducks in the Mississippi Flyway are classified as two types, diving ducks and dabbling ducks.
		Dabbling ducks include the mallard, blue-winged teal and green-winged teal, American wigeon, gadwall, northern pintail, northern shoveler, and fl duck.
		Although wood ducks are considered perching ducks, they are found in many of the same habitats as dabbling ducks and feed similarly.
	msucares.com /wildfish/altent/species/waterfowl/habitat.html (399 words)

	Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency: Mallard Ducks
		The mallard is known as a "puddle" or "dabbling" duck.
		Among puddle ducks, the mallard and the closely-related fl duck are the latest fall migrants, often remaining as far north as open water prevails.
		The mallard is one of the earliest ducks to return north in the spring.
	www.pgc.state.pa.us /pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=150636 (1483 words)

	Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division - Waterfowl Management in Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The wood duck was abundant in the forested wetlands of North America during the pre-colonial period.
		Today, the wood duck is the most common duck in Georgia, and it is the number one bird in the bag for Georgia's waterfowl hunters.
		Besides the wood duck and the mallard, there are several other species of dabbling ducks found in Georgia during the fall and winter.
	georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us /content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=187&txtPage=6 (1215 words)

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