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Gadwall Duck (female)
Anas strepera
33.171, -97.0976
Field Notes
Description:
Females are patterned with brown and buff. Females have a thin orange edge to their dark bills. In flight, both sexes have a white wing patch that is sometimes visible while swimming or resting.
Habitat:
Unicorn Lake - a man made retention area.
Notes:
Gadwall feed with other dabbling ducks, tipping forward to feed on submerged vegetation without diving. They sometimes steal food from flocks of diving ducks or coots. You'll often see these ducks in pairs through the winter, because they select their mates for the breeding season as early as late fall.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 11, 2013
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