{"id":12700,"key":"Geese_and_Ducks","title":"Geese and Ducks","latest":{"id":1206661,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T20:35:48Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[Image:Canadagoose.jpg|thumb|left|Canada Goose, taken by Dustin Poppendieck]]'''Canada Goose''':''Branta canadensis'':\"This easly recognizable goose, has a long black neck and head, with white cheek patches, and a dull grey body. This bird is found year round at the marshes, and can be usually seen flying in V-formation while honking in the air.\"<ref>The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds (wester region).1977</ref>\n\n[[Image:Ducks.JPG|thumb|left|Female Mallard with chicks, taken by Logan Porrazzo]]\n'''Mallard''':''Anas platyrhynchos'': \"The males of this speices is easily recognizable by its green head and thin white collar around its neck. The female has a more earthy coloring, but same body plan.\"<ref>Bulger, Suzie. \"The Beginners Guide to Birding at the Arcata Marsh\" FOAM 1996</ref>\n\n[[Image:Green-wingedteal.jpg|thumb|left|Green-winged Teal, taken by Dustin Poppendieck]]'''Green-winged Teal''':''Anas crecca'': \" This small duck is usually found during low tide feeding on the mudflats. The head of the males is cinnamon colored, with green stripes on its head.\"<ref>Bulger, Suzie. \"The Beginners Guide to Birding at the Arcata Marsh\" FOAM 1996</ref>\n\n[[Image:Surfscoter.jpg|thumb|left|Surf Scoter, taken by Dustin Poppendieck]]\n'''Surf Scoter''':''Melanitta perspicillata'': \"The males have a black body, with a white patch at the back of their head. These birds are found far from shore feeding on shellfish.\"<ref>The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds (wester region).1977</ref>\n\n== Notes ==\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Birds]]"}