| Ducks are large birds with thick, waterproof feathers. They are quick to use deep water as protection from cats and are quick to give alarm calls.
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| Common Name(s):
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Common Loon, Mallard, Canvasback, Horned Grebe, Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Red-throated Loon, Ruddy Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Redhead, Common Goldeneye, Long-tailed Duck, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Common Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Greater Scaup, American Black Duck
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| Other Name(s):
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Great Northern Diver, Wild Duck, Slavonian Grebe, Devil-diver, Hell-diver, Pink-Eyed Diver, Water Witch, Carolina Duck, Red-throated Diver, Shoveler, American Widgeon, Baldplate, Oldsquaw, Harelda hyemalis, Mergus cucullatus
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| Scientific Name(s):
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Gavia immer, Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya valisineria, Podiceps auritus, Aix sponsa, Anas carolinensis, Gavia stellata, Oxyura jamaicensis, Anas discors, Bucephala albeola, Anas clypeata, Anas strepera, Anas americana, Aythya americana, Bucephala clangula, Clangula hyemalis, Lophodytes cucullatus, Mergus merganser, Anas rubripes
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