Waterfowl can be identified by using information about size, shape, colour pattern, markings, behaviour, habitat, range and calls. All clues are important, but by far the most important things to concentrate on for this group are shape and colour pattern. And of the colour patterns, the most important is to look for the white. Dabbling & Diving Ducks is the second guide of a three-part series that addresses a unique identification system developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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