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The American black duck is a habitat generalist as it is associated with tidal marshes and present throughout the year in salt marshes from the Gulf of Maine to coastal Virginia. [16] It usually prefers freshwater and coastal wetlands throughout northeastern America, including brackish marshes , estuaries and edges of backwater ponds and rivers ...
The refuge provides habitat for the largest American black duck population in Rhode Island. [6] The conservation of this migratory bird was the impetus for the creation of the national wildlife refuge. [5]
This has created conservation concerns for relatives of the mallard, such as the Hawaiian duck, [123] [124] the New Zealand grey duck (A. s. superciliosa) subspecies of the Pacific black duck, [123] [125] the American black duck, [126] [127] the mottled duck, [128] Meller's duck, [129] the yellow-billed duck, [122] and the Mexican duck, [123 ...
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
During winter migration, Blackwater Refuge is also home to upwards of 15,000 geese and 10,000 ducks. The refuge is currently host to three recovered species: the formerly endangered Delmarva fox squirrel, the delisted migrant peregrine falcon, and the recently delisted American bald eagle.
Aug. 18—MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Continental breeding duck populations are down 7% from 2022, Ducks Unlimited said Friday, Aug. 18, in reporting results from the annual spring North American waterfowl ...
The extensive wetlands and marshes provide ideal habitat for waterfowl, such as common mergansers, American black ducks, common goldeneye and common loons. The area provides habitat for raptor species such as the bald eagle. In 1989, bald eagles successfully nested in New Hampshire on Umbagog Lake for the first time since 1949.
Loons are aquatic birds the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely gray or black, and they have spear-shaped bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata (R) Common loon, Gavia immer (R)