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WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
Published by
The Central Flyway Council
COUNCIL MEMBERS
- Colorado
- Kansas
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Wyoming
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Acknowledgments
The Central Flyway Council wishes to thank theAtlantic Flyway Council for making available theillustrations and most of the text of this booklet.
The Council also wishes to thank the many personswho assisted in preparation of this publication,particularly the Vermont Fish and Game Commissionand Alan R. Munro, the artist.
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
BY THE LANE PRESS. INC. · BURLINGTON, VERMONT
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CONTENTS
- Council Members 1
- Acknowledgements 2
- Foreword 5
- Identification 6
- Individual Problems 7
- Nonhunting Enjoyments 8
- Research and Management 8
- Flyway Council Approach 9
- Your Responsibility 10
- Parts of a Duck 11
- Whistling Swan 12
- Canada Goose 13
- Snow Goose 14
- Ross Goose 15
- White-Fronted Goose 16
- Blue Goose 17
- Puddle or Dabbling Duck Characteristics 18
- Mallard 19
- Black Duck 20
- Mottled Duck 21
- New Mexico Duck 22
- Gadwall 23
- Pintail 24
- Green-Winged Teal 25
- Blue-Winged Teal 26
- Cinnamon Teal 27
- American Widgeon 28
- Shoveler 29
- Wood Duck 30
- Harlequin Duck 31
- Diving Duck Characteristics 32
- Redhead 33
- Ring-Necked Duck 34
- Canvasback 35
- Greater Scaup 36
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