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	Northern Pintail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pintail or Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of Canada, Alaska and the mid-western United States.
		Northern Pintail is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or tundra, and feeds by dabbling for plant food mainly in the evening or at night.
		Northern Pintail species description from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Pintail (477 words)

	Maryland DNR - More About Northern Pintails
		Northern pintail feed heavily of widgeon grass, redhead grass and Eurasian watermilfoil (C. Rawls, Univ. of Maryland, Solomons).
		From a continental perspective, the northern pintail's diet is 90% vegetation, and 10% animal matter in winter, switching to 55 to 75% animal matter during the breeding season.
		The northern pintail is susceptible to bacterial diseases, such as avian botulism and avian cholera.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /wildlife/pintails/readmore.html (744 words)

	INRIN - Northern pintail
		In the northern midwest, nesting habitat is prairie.
		Pintails are swift, capable of flying 65 mph, 45-50 mph for sustained periods 05,14.
		Pintails are one of the first ducks to arrive in spring, in IL migrants are present from mid-Feb. to mid-Apr. 04.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/ifwis/birds/northern-pintail.html (1047 words)

	NatureWorks - Northern Pintail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The northern pintail is about 20 to 30 inches in length with a wingspan of about three feet.
		The male pintail courts a female by swimming close to her with his bill down and his tail up in the air.
		The female pintail duck will protect her brood by flying at an intruder or by pretending to be injured and leading the predator away from her brood.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/northernpintail.htm (405 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Northern Pintail, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The pintail is a graceful swimmer, riding lightly on the surface, with its tail pointing upward, its general attitude suggestive of a swan and with its long neck stretched up, alert to every danger, the first to give the alarm and always the first of the shy waterfowl to spring into flight.
		Fall.--Although the pintail is one of our earliest migrants in the spring, it seems much less hardy in the fall and is one of the first of the ducks to seek the sunny South as soon as the first frosty nights proclaim the approach of autumn.
		Pintails will come readily to live mallard decoys during the daytime on their feeding grounds and they will respond to duck calls if skillfully handled, offering very fine sport where they are not shot at too much.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch51-60/npintail.html (4936 words)

	Maryland DNR Partners in Atlantic Flyway Pintail Project
		Northern pintails were once one of the most common waterfowl species in North America.
		One aspect of pintail ecology that is poorly understood is migration corridors and identification of breeding areas, especially with regards to the birds wintering in the Atlantic flyway.
		Pintail locations are estimated from a Doppler shift in the signal as the satellite approaches and orbits away from the transmitter.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /wildlife/pintails/afcpproject.html (675 words)

	VDGIF > Wildlife > Pintrail Trax
		The steady decline of Northern pintail (Anas acuta) populations is a serious concern for sportsmen, birders, conservationists, and waterfowl managers.
		Pintails are generally a prairie nesting species, nesting in short grass prairies and agricultural stubble.
		In an effort to gain insight into the Atlantic Flyway pintail's population status and their relationship to the continental population, VDGIF is participating in an Atlantic Flyway study tracking hen pintails with satellite transmitters.
	www.dgif.virginia.gov /wildlife/pintailtrax (766 words)

	Ducks Unlimited International Conservation Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Northern Pintail displayed one of the sharpest declines of any prairie duck population during the severe droughts of the late 1980s, and early 2000s, reaching lows of 1.8 million birds in 1991, and again in 2002.
		The pintail “problem” was the focus of a meeting held in Sacramento, California in spring 2001, a forum that attracted waterfowl researchers and managers from across North America.
		Northern Pintail population in Northern Canada/Alaska, Prairie Canada and U.S. Northern Prairies from 1966 — 2004.
	www.ducks.org /conservation/icp/Part3/NorthernPintailPopulation.html (1322 words)

	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
		Northern pintails prefer to breed near shallow wetland areas that are vulnerable to drought and human impacts from agriculture.
		Consequently, breeding conditions for northern pintails are often poor, and northern pintail numbers have dramatically declined in Utah and across North America.
		Northern pintails are generalist feeders, with a diet consisting of invertebrates, aquatic vegetation, grains, small fishes, tadpoles, and other items.
	dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=anasacut (178 words)

	ESPNOutdoors - Profile: Northern Pintail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Pintail hen is a mottled brown similar to a Mallard hen.
		The pintail breeds in open areas such as the marshes of tundra and prairies and avoids wooded areas.
		The Northern Pintail lives in the Northern Hemisphere (circumpolar) and breeds from northern North America (northern half of the USA) across Europe and Asia.
	sports.espn.go.com /outdoors/hunting/news/story?page=g_enc_north_pintail (358 words)

	Declining Northern Pintail Ducks Receive Personal Conservation Program \| Ducks Unlimited Canada
		She recently attended a workshop in California with pintail experts from across Canada and the United States who are developing a management plan for the dwindling ducks.
		As a result of their habitat preferences and their early return to nesting grounds in the spring, pintail hens often establish nests in crop stubble where nests are at greater risk of destruction by farm equipment.
		In key northern pintail habitats, DU will work with agricultural landowners to enhance the areas for the birds by incorporating economically viable land use practices.
	www.ducks.ca /aboutduc/news/archives/2001/010711.html (629 words)

	Northern Pintail Duck - Species of the Month
		Pintails are one of the first migrants in the fall and one of the first ducks to arrive on the breeding grounds in the spring.
		Pintails winter along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts from south-east Alaska and south-east Massachusetts south and from interior southern USA down to Central America, central Yucatan Peninsula, north-west Costa Rica as well as in Bermuda and Cuba.
		Pintails are not endangered, but their population is well below long-term averages, as well as the desired level set by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
	www.deltawaterfowl.org /research/bios/pintail.php (663 words)

	Palmetto Pintails Home
		This bird was the lightest weight of the 8 pintails marked, and it remained at SCR until its signal was lost in mid April.
		Migration of the remaining 7 pintails was somewhat similar to the pintails marked in 2003.
		Four pintails were on the southwest coast of Hudson Bay in June, 2 having reached there via James Bay and the other 2 leaving the prairies and over flying the Boreal Forest region of Ontario.
	www.dnr.sc.gov /wildlife/pintails/progress.htm (1374 words)

	Northern Pintail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This handsome dabbling duck is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.
		The female head and neck is light brown, the underparts are pale to whitish and the upperparts are warm brown.
		Pintails are highly social, forming huge flocks in winter and during migration.
	www.feathersite.com /Poultry/NDG/Ducks/Pins/BRKNPin.html (104 words)

	Pintail Action Group
		At a 2001 meeting to assess and discuss the status of the Northern Pintail population, waterfowl researchers and managers from across North America agreed that a cooperative group comprising public and private organizations interested in increasing pintail numbers would be an effective way to keep the issue on the frontline of research.
		The Pintail Action Group's mission is to advocate and support planning, coordination and evaluation of Northern Pintail management and research actions among the NAWMP joint ventures, flyways, government agencies and other organizations.
		The group's conception, mission, objectives and the pintail situation is further described in the document, "Northern Pintail: Prospectus for an Action Group" (PDF 201KB).
	www.siu.edu /~wildlife/PAG/About.asp (389 words)

	Pintail - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		The pintail is a ‘quarry’ species, meaning that it can be legally shot in winter, but — unlike in parts of Europe — it does not appear that shooting is affecting their population status in the UK.
		Pintails are scarce breeders in the UK where they choose moorland pools and lakes, as well as marshes in Eastern England.
		The Icelandic population spend the winter in Britain, favouring coastal marshes and estuaries, flooded grassland, lakes and reservoirs.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/P/Pintail/index.asp (233 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Anatidae - Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
		The female Mallard is similar to the female Northern Pintail.
		Habitat: The Northern Pintail is found in prairie ponds, marshes, and on the tundra during the breeding season.
		Behavior: The Northern Pintail is a strong, long distance migrant.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/ducks/Aacuta.htm (330 words)

	Northern pintail Info
		The adult male pintail has a brown head and white neck with a conspicuous white stripe that runs up onto the side of the brown of the head.
		Northern Alaska study found 0.3- 1.5 nests/km2, in various locations.
		Species nests commonly in southeaster Idaho, and sparingly in northern Idaho, but is frequent fall and spring migrant known to winter in many parts of state.
	imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/bio/birds/swndk/nopi/nopi_inf.htm (339 words)

	Bird Watcher's Digest: Species Identification: Northern Pintail
		The elegant northern pintail is a sleek, slender bird in flight and on the water.
		Much-liked by hunters, pintails are always wary, even in their huge wintering flocks at large refuges.
		Pintails are fast fliers, and their elongated shape probably makes them appear to be flying faster than they actually do.
	www.birdwatchersdigest.com /site/backyard_birds/bird_id/northern_pintail.aspx (249 words)

	Marcel Granger — Northern Pintail
		ne of the most widely distributed waterfowl in North America, the northern pintail is a medium-sized bird belonging to a group called «dabbling ducks»;.
		Pintails dive more often than other dabbling ducks, and often feed in cereal fields during migration.
		In the November-to-January period, northern pintails are the most abundant ducks in Mexico.
	www.lino.com /~marcelg/canpi_an.htm (174 words)

	Northern pintail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Survival of northern pintail ducklings on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.
		We studied survival rates of Northern Pintail broods and ducklings along the lower Kashunuk River on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.
		Early nesting pintails had better nesting success and duckling survival, which may offset higher nutritional costs of early nesting through higher recruitment.
	www.absc.usgs.gov /research/Banding/popups/Mark_Recap/northern_pintail.htm (153 words)

	Northern Pintail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Students draw from a deck of survival cards that determine the fate of a hen pintail and her brood.
		The wintering grounds for the pintail include: primarily southern North America and Central America, N. Africa, Persian Gulf, India, S.E. Asia, S. China Taiwan, Hawaiian Islands, Panama and the West Indies.
		Many of the factors that determine pintail survival are the same for most species of ducks.
	www.fws.gov /JClarkSalyer/northern.htm (1129 words)

	All About Birds
		The male is easy to identify by his striking markings and long tail, but even the female can be recognized by her graceful, long-necked shape.
		Like the Mallard, the Northern Pintail breeds in a variety of habitats all across northern North America and Eurasia.
		The Northern Pintail is among the earliest nesting ducks in North America, beginning shortly after ice-out in many northern areas.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Northern_Pintail.html (193 words)

	NatureMapping - Northern Pintail Fact Sheet for Grades K-6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Pintail's habitat is in marshes, lakes, ponds and sheltered coasts.
		The diet of the Northern Pintail is plants that grow in the water, seeds, grass, small water animals, and insects.
		In the winter, the Northern Pintail often feeds in grain fields.
	www.fish.washington.edu /naturemapping/tracks_n_facts/anac_fsk6.html (262 words)

	Pintail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is an interesting, agile, swift-flying, hardy species, the male being wonderfully garbed in a most effective blending of gray, white, and brown, surpassing many other birds of more gaudy hues.
		Though Pintails breed in the northerly parts of the continent, they also do so in our northwestern States.
		In northern Manitoba fully fledged young can be seen as early as June 25th, their primaries not quite long enough for flight.
	goodfelloweb.com /birds/duck_like/pintail.html (463 words)

	Northern Pintail
		The Northern Pintail is a slender, swift and graceful bird.
		An abundant circumpolar species, Northern Pintails prefer shallow ponds and potholes, and especially enjoy feeding on the seeds of grasses, sedges and pond weeds.
		The Northern Pintail is best recognized in the field for its characteristically high ride upon the water and, of course, its long, needle-like tail
	digitalsportsman.com /wetlands/nptail1.htm (120 words)

	Northern Pintail description
		Derived from the Latin word "acus" meaning "needle," the species name, acuta, refers to their characteristic sharply-pointed "pintail." Springing into flight from the water's surface, these ducks do not require a running take-off and are distinguished in the air by their line formation.
		Descriptions: Abundant and widespread, the medium-sized (51cm) Northern Pintail inhabits shallow freshwater marshes and open areas with ponds and lakes.
		During the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Bird Inventory (June 1999 and 2000) only 1 Northern Pintail was detected and it was in the water-rich Yukon River Valley (YV) ecological unit.
	www.nps.gov /yuch/Expanded/key_resources/birds/species_descriptions/nopi_description.htm (700 words)

	Productivity of the Northern Pintail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We obtained data and descriptive information on the breeding biology of pintails from a literature review and from discussions with waterfowl biologists.
		The function in the mallard model that predicts nest initiation in response to pond conditions adequately mimicked pintail behavior and did not require adjustment.
		This modeling synthesized existing knowledge on the breeding biology of the northern pintail, identified necessary research, and furnished a useful tool for the examination and comparison of various management options.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/npprod/npprod.htm (436 words)

	Oakland Zoo: Northern Pintail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Male pintails are slender white-breasted ducks with slim necks and.
		The longest recorded waterfowl journey goes to a hem pintail that was banded at Gray Lodge, California and was recovered north of the Black Sea, more than 9000 miles away.
		This is the most common duck in California, but populations have declined rapidly, from almost 3 million in 1970-74 to 758 thousand in 1990-92.
	www.oaklandzoo.org /atoz/azpintal.html (308 words)

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