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  NatureWorks - Northern Pintail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The northern pintail duck breeds from Alaska east to Quebec and south to the central Great Plains, the Great Lakes and northern New England.
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)

  
 Northern Pintail
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   (638 words)

  
 Scientists Track Pintail-Duck Migration to Learn More About the Species' Population Decline
On September 29, pintail 17530's backpack transmitter beamed a signal from the southwest coast of Alaska to a satellite.
Pintails are "dabbling ducks" and forage on grains, marsh-plant seeds, and aquatic invertebrates throughout the fall and winter.
One of the principal pintail nesting regions is the Prairie Pothole Region in North and South Dakota, northeastern Montana, and the southern prairie provinces of Canada.
soundwaves.usgs.gov /2002/11/fieldwork.html   (1470 words)

  
 NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Pintail Satellite Telemetry Study
Pintails also have a tendency to be early nesters and as such hens and their nests may be more vulnerable to predation.
Pintails are one of the earliest nesting ducks in North America, and their presence in New Jersey in late February and March is a sure sign that spring is on the way.
Stocks of pintail ducks and other dabbling duck species wintering in the Atlantic Flyway therefore remain poorly defined in terms of their breeding ground affiliation and relationship to present harvest management strategies as influenced by the dynamics of mallards.
www.state.nj.us /dep/fgw/pintail/pintail_sat2.htm   (1934 words)

  
 The Pintail Duck
The Pintail Duck, then, was not seen in the parts of that country which I visited; nor was it known in Newfoundland, on the Magdeleine Islands, or in the British province of Nova Scotia, at least along its Atlantic boundaries.
The Pintail, which, in the United States, is better known by the name of Sprigtail, arrives on the western waters early in October, sometimes even about the middle of September, the period of its arrival depending on the state of the weather, or the appearance of other species, with which it keeps company.
The Pintails are less shy in the Western Country than most species of their family, and in this respect they resemble the Blue-winged Teals, which in fact might be called stupid birds with as much propriety as many others.
www.audubon.org /bird/boa/F39_G4f.html   (1774 words)

  
 USGS Release: Scientists Study the Long and Short of Pintail Duck Migration (10/15/2002)
On September 23, pintail 17530’s backpack transmitter beamed a signal from the southwest coast of Alaska to a satellite.
The change each winter in pintail distribution appears to be related to loss of suitable habitat, drought conditions and the lesser quality habitat of cotton-farmed lands in the San Joaquin Valley, which lacked winter flooding, in contrast to the flooded rice lands of the Sacramento Valley, said Fleskes.
One of the principal pintail nesting regions is the Prairie Pothole Region, located in the Dakotas, northeastern Montana and the southern prairie provinces of Canada.
www.usgs.gov /newsroom/article.asp?ID=347   (1350 words)

  
 Duck Hunting Mexico - Mexico Duck Hunts | Pintail Lodge
Duck Hunting in Mexico: The Laguna Madre is winter home to over 3 million diver and puddle ducks.
Serving a maximum of twelve duck hunters at a time, the new lodge ensures that hunters can enjoy the privacy and beauty of their surroundings.
Pintail now controls thousands of acres surrounding the lodge, ensuring less outside pressure on the ducks and more activity for hunters.
www.gageoutdoor.com /duck_hunting_mexico/index.asp   (226 words)

  
 Just Duck Hunting - Mexico Duck Hunting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Pintail Lodge is located in the prime central region of the Laguna Madre's duck environment, Pintail Lodge affords you the opportunity to hunt different species of duck in widely varied terrain.
Pintail's duck hunting season running from November through mid-February provides the perfect winter getaway for the avid wing shooting sportsman or waterfowler.
With rotation between the saltwater hunts on the laguna and freshwater hunts on the ponds and lakes, a Pintail Lodge duck hunt is never boring.
www.justduckhunting.com /pintail_hunting.htm   (1297 words)

  
 Pintail duck hunting: Duck hunting Pintails Pintail ducks in Alaska
The Northern Pintial is one of the first ducks to start there southern migration from the YK delta to there first staging area along the Alaska Peninsula.
The shallow tidal flats and lagoons are the pintails favorite feeding grounds due to the shallow open water where eel grass thrives.
Pintails are not yet in there vibrant winter plumage while they are still in Alaska but they decoy very well along with 9 other species of ducks.
www.alaskaduckhuntingguides.com /pintails.htm   (119 words)

  
 The Northern Pintail Duck. Bird Watching Northern Pintail Ducks
The larger male Northern Pintail duck has a brown head, white neck and underparts, a greyish back and sides and long, fl, pointed central tail feathers.
The wings are a metallic brown and green with white rear borders.
Distribution - The Northern Pintail duck occurs throughout all of North America, breeding north of their local range and wintering south, sometimes as far as Central America and the West Indies.
bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/pintail.htm   (293 words)

  
 Duck Boats | Duck Hunting | Carstens Duck Boats | Pintail | Puddler: SHIFT Outdoors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
These low-profile duck boats are just the thing for mobility and concealment while waterfowl hunting.
Carstens Duck Boats - Pintail: As a diehard waterfowler (you know who you are), you don’t need a hunting partner, a truckload of gear or an excuse to hit the marsh.
Carstens Duck Boats - Puddler - Whether you are passing down the rich tradition of wildfowl hunting to the next generation or starting one of your own, the Carstens Puddler is your perfect duck boat.
www.shiftoutdoors.com /page/SO/CTGY/duckboats-carstens   (214 words)

  
 Birds: The Pintail Duck
The Pintail haunts wet prairies, mud flats, and the edges of reedy, grassy waters, feeding largely upon bulbous roots, tender shoots, insects and their larvae, worms and snails, and, on its return in the fall, upon various seeds, water plants, and grain.
The nest of the Pintail is placed on low but dry, grassy land and not far from water, usually under the shelter of a bush, and is a mere depression in the ground lined with grasses and down.
The habitat of the Pintail Duck is the northern hemisphere in general; in North America it breeds from the northern United States northward to Iceland and south in winter to Cuba and Panama.
www.birdnature.com /may1898/pintail.html   (512 words)

  
 Oakland Zoo: Northern Pintail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Male pintails are slender white-breasted ducks with slim necks and.
Winters primarily in California (over 2 million ducks may be seen near the rice paddies in the central valley), Texas, Louisiana, and along both coasts of Mexico, and as far south as Panama and Colombia.
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)

  
 Who's who in Duckburg - The Duck Family
Don Rosa says: "The Duck family must be British according to Barks' story "Back to Long Ago" which showed that the McDucks and Ducks were both from the British Isles".
Nothing further is known about the family before Humperdink Duck appears in Duckburg in the late 19th century as the husband of Elvira "Grandma Duck" Coot and thus connected bands between the Ducks and the famous Coot family in Duckburg.
Their oldest son Quackmore Duck married Hortense McDuck and thus also connected bands between the Ducks and the old Scottish clan McDuck.
duckman.pettho.com /characters/duck.html   (177 words)

  
 Pintail Farms Completes Preparations for the 2006-2007 Duck Hunting Season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Pintail Farms is an exclusive Hunting Club located in North Texas on prime wetlands reserve program property just an hour Northeast of Dallas near the Red River.
Pintail Farms is managed to attract game of all kinds.
Pintail Farms Management extends their wishes to everyone for an enjoyable and safe hunting season.
prweb.com /releases/2006/10/prweb452048.htm   (779 words)

  
 Discovery For Recovery: The Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Although northern pintails are very abundant in North America, their status has deteriorated over the last 30 years (see long-term pintail breeding population graph at left).
In 1998, pintail BPOP declined 29% to 2.5 million as parts of the prairie region important to pintails again suffered dry conditions as May Ponds declined.
The minimal recovery of the North American pintail population is perplexing given the very large populations attained during previous periods of abundant May Ponds (1950s and 1970s), and the current high populations of other ducks.
www.werc.usgs.gov /pinsat/plan.html   (703 words)

  
 Outdoors\Hunting\Pintail
PINTAIL DUCK(S) The pintail duck, like the mallard, is relatively large, and the drake has a long 'pin' tail.
The drake is a handsome bird, with a lot of white on the underside of the breast area.
Pintails are primarily a pacific and central flyway birds, with a few spilling occasionally into the other North American flyways, but in these other flyways, they are a novelty, and prized when taken by anyone lucky enough to harvest one.
www.execulink.com /~environm/Hunting/Pintail.html   (188 words)

  
 Clan McDuck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the story Storia e gloria della dinastia dei paperi (History and glory of the Duck Dynasty) it was founded during the 1st century BC by Pah-Peh-Rheo, an Egyptian, that had become a Roman citizen as Petronius Paperonius.
According to Don Rosa's timelines the Clan is known since 122, when an, as of yet, unnamed member of the clan sold stone to the construction crew of Hadrian's wall.
Donald, his sister Della Thelma Duck and her children Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are descendants of the Clan through their maternal line of ancestry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pintail_Duck   (608 words)

  
 Duck Decoys
Mallard decoys, Pintail decoys, Bluebill decoys, Black Duck decoys, Green Wing Teal decoys, Wood Duck decoys, Canvasback decoys, Redhead decoys, Blue Wing Teal decoys, Goldeneye decoys, Widgeon decoys, and Gadwall decoys from Carry-Lite.
These duck decoys are intended for the serious duck hunter who demands a life-like set.
These feeding duck decoys are perfect confidence building hunting decoys for a flock of curious waterfowl.
www.a2zoutdoors.com /duck_decoys.htm   (1247 words)

  
 pintail
The pintail is a duck that wanted to be a goose.
He has a long neck, longer than any other duck, and lets you know it in flight and when feeding on land or in the water.
He is a medium-sized alert-looking duck with a bronze-brown head, white neck and breast with brownish-rust wings.
www.gamebird-hunter.com /pintail.html   (368 words)

  
 Pintail
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.
It is perhaps more flimsily built than with most other Ducks, and often has rather less down than the average.
goodfelloweb.com /birds/duck_like/pintail.html   (463 words)

  
 The Golf Duck: Golf Duck Gifts
The Golf Duck is made from vintage golf clubs dating from the 1920's to the present.
The Duck is skillfully carved and beautifully hand-painted.
The Duck is available in several different species, and the Canada Goose and the Loon are also available in a preening position.
www.thegolfduck.com /ducks.htm   (184 words)

  
 Duck/Waterfowl Books
In Antique-Style Duck Decoys, Tom Matus, an experienced wildfowl hunter and a champion decoy carver, introduces you to the special world of the Contemporary Antique-Styled Decoy.
Whether you're a novice exploring the craft of decoy carving, a veteran craftsman seeking a change of pace, or a painter looking for a fresh outlet to demonstrate your talents, the author's expert guidance will have you creating your very own stylized contemporary decoy to display and admire.
Many of the bird and duck patterns are open wing - in flight - studies.
www.fandfwoodcarving.com /duckand.htm   (639 words)

  
 Northern Pintail | Nature Notes | Ducks Unlimited Canada
Among the most elegant of ducks, pintails range over more of the earth than any other waterfowl.
Among the most elegant of ducks, pintails have long, goose-like neck, sleek body and narrow, gull-like wings that make them swift, expert fliers.
If pintail numbers are to recover in the future, it will take a massive human effort to rehabilitate and preserve habitats.
www.ducks.ca /resource/general/naturenotes/pintail.html   (184 words)

  
 Scenes and Things: Northern Pintail Duck
It is one of the most graceful and streamlined of our ducks with its slender body and long neck usually carried out stretched.
They are very social ducks and often gather in large flocks of hundreds of birds.
I suppose this is the same pintail duck that we had in northern Nebraska when I was a child.
beothic.blogspot.com /2006/05/northern-pintail-duck.html   (374 words)

  
 Carstens Duck Boat - Pintail: SHIFT Outdoors
(2006 - sold Out) The Pintail duck boat is a perfect boat for shallow marshes or creeks with lots of storage capacity.
Carstens hand-crafted fiberglass Duck Boats are your answer to a truly great waterfowl craft.
All duck boats are finished with a gelcoat in the Carstens unique camo design.
www.shiftoutdoors.com /page/SO/PROD/duckboats-carstens/carstens-pintail   (256 words)

  
 TrustWatch Search
A team of waterfowl biologistsis using satellite telemetry to track spring migration of female pintail ducks that winter in the Central Valley...
Pintail Yachts offers spectacular charter and public cruises aboard world class yachts that cruise the waters of the Chesapeake Bay region,...
The longest recorded waterfowl journey goes to a hem pintail that was banded at Gray Lodge, California and was recovered north of the Black...
www.trustwatch.com /search?q=Pintail   (247 words)

  
 Who's who in Duckburg - Pintail Duck
Pintail Duck is the first known member of the Duck family.
In that story Barks also shows that Pintail Duck seems to have been reborn as Donald Duck.
Pintail Duck died when the Falcon was sunken by the Spanish on December 9th 1564.
duckman.pettho.com /characters/pintail.html   (200 words)

  
 Pintail Decoys
The full body pintail decoys by Eberhart Decoys are field style decoys that can be used in any situation.
Eberhart's pintail decoys are made of high density polyethylene, which make them virtually indestructable.
These pintail decoys can be used with confidence, and are mounted on half inch thin-wall (EMT) conduit stakes, which are NOT included.
www.store.nodakoutdoors.com /product_info.php/products_id/211   (141 words)

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