Widgeon Identification
American Widgeons and European Widgeons are a small group of
ducks that feature beautifully patterned heads and wing patterns.
The American Widgeon is a peculiar name for a bird that is absent from
most of the U.S., preferring Canada as its range and coming down into the
northwestern parts of this country and wintering along the Pacific Coast,
Gulf Coast, and East Coast. Males of both American and European Widgeons
have a whistle, while the female birds quack. Widgeons are some of the more
shy duck-like birds you will observe in the field, and like Teals, they
can take to the air as a flock and perform beautiful aerial displays of
flight.
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