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More About Ducks ...
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relatives the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh and salt water.
Ducks exploit a variety of food sources such as grasses, grains and water plants, fish, insects, and the like. The sound made by ducks is called a "quack"; a common urban legend is that quacks do not produce an echo.
The males (drakes) of northern species often have showy plumage, but this is moulted in summer to give a more female-like appearance, the "eclipse" plumage. In many species, adult males are temporarily flightless; these birds seek out protected habitat with good food supplies during this period. This moult typically precedes migration.
Some species of duck, mainly those breeding in the temperate and arctic northern hemisphere, are migratory, but others are not. Some, particularly in Australia where rainfall is patchy and erratic, are nomadic, seeking out the temporary lakes and pools that form after localised heavy rain.
Ducks have many domestic uses, being farmed for their meat, eggs, and feathers and down. In particular, eiderdown is notable for being shed by wild eider ducks rather than being plucked. In many areas, ducks of various species are also hunted for food or sport.
Ducks should not be confused with several types of unrelated birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots.
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Taxonmony
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Ducks
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AUDIO CLIPS
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Wood Duck
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Wildlife of the Charles River
Wood Duck call
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Wood Duck
0.170MB WAV Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Wood Duck call
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Mallard Duck
0.070MB WAV Hear Sound
Learn about the Brandywine Zoo
Mallard Duck
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Tufted Duck
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Välenområdet
Tufted Duck call
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Duck
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ducks Landing in Water
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Ring-necked Duck
0.040MB WAV Hear Sound
Calgary's Weaselhead Society
Ring-necked Duck
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Ruddy Duck
0.260MB WAV Hear Sound
Calgary's Weaselhead Society
Ruddy Duck
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Wood Duck
WAV Hear Sound
Calgary's Weaselhead Society
Wood Duck
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Wood Duck
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Calgary's Weaselhead Society
Wood Duck
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Duck
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e-Vet
Duck sound
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Wood Duck
WAV Hear Sound
Les Oiseaux du Québec
audio clip of Wood Duck
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American Black Duck
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Harlequin Duck
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Long-tailed Duck
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Mottled Duck
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Ring-necked Duck
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Ruddy Duck
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Wood Duck
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound recordings with scientific data. To view spectrograms, follow this link
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Duck
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JungleWalk
Duck
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Duck
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JungleWalk
Duckling
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Musk Duck
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PBS
Musk Duck song
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Ring-Necked Duck
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Birdwatcher's digest
Ring-Necked Duck call
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Wood Duck
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Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas
Wood Duck call; from John Feith's Bird Song Ear Training Guide CD
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