Category Archives: ducks and geese

Scientific Name: Malanitta Perspicillata Diet: Surf Scoters mainly eat a variety of aquatic food including aquatic worms, crustaceans, small fish, aquatic insects, and aquatic plants. During the breeding season Surf Scoters eat mainly aquatic insect larvae, but in the non-breeding … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Anas Platyrhynchos Diet: Mallards are omnivores. They eat a variety of vegetation, including grass and sedge seeds, roots, stems, and grains, but they also eat aquatic invertebrates, mollusks, insects, worms, and larvae. Habitat: These ducks prefer freshwater marshes, … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Bucephala albeola Diet: Buffleheads eat more insects, insect larvae, and invertebrates in summer, and they eat more crustaceans in winter. Specifically, they eat clams, shrimp, snails, mollusks, damselfly larvae, caddis fly larvae, mayfly larvae, and other bug larvae. … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Branta Canadensis Diet: Canada Geese eat a variety of aquatic plants, and they also eat seeds, berries, grass, and grain. Also, they eat skunk cabbage, eel grass, clover, wheat, corn, and oats. Habitat: Canada Geese can be found … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Lophodytes cucullatus Diet: The Hooded Merganser eats small fish,  aquatic insects, some aquatic plants, frogs, insect larvae, and crustaceans,particularly crayfish. Habitat: Hooded Mergansers live in wetlands. In the winter they can be found in coastal bays, marshes, and … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Aix sponsa Diet: Wood Ducks eat a variety of water plant seeds, aquatic invertebrates, and fruits and seeds, including acorns, fruits, duck weed, wild cherries, and smart weed. Sound: The female Wood Duck’s call is a loud and … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Anus Clypeata Habitat: The Northern Shoveler can be found in saltwater and freshwater wetlands including marshes, ponds, lakes, and swamps. They like shallow water and places where there are muddy banks and plenty of vegetation. Behavior/diet: Northern Shovelers … Continue reading →