Unit 5: Diving and Sea Ducks (pt 1)

Question 1

Red eye

Same sloped face as trumpeter swan

Lots of white on back

Answer 1

Canvasback

Question 2

Chestnut head; black neck.breast; gray body

Steeply sloped face

Blue bill; black tip

Answer 2

Redhead

Question 3

Gray bill w. white bands

Dark head/neck/back

Whale-shaped mark on sides

Answer 3

Ring-necked Duck

Question 4

Dark green head

Blue bill; black tip

Dark breast/tail; light in between

White on primary and secondary feathers

Answer 4

Greater Scaup

Question 5

Dark purple-ish head

Blue bill

Dark breast/tail; light in between

White only on secondary feathers

Answer 5

Lesser Scaup

Question 6

Female: white stripe under eye; otherwise all dark

Male: White sides/breast/bottom; Black head w/ white ear patch (large)

Answer 6

Bufflehead

Question 7

Yellow eye; Dark green head

White circle on cheek

Black back; White body

Answer 7

Common Goldeneye

Question 8

Green head; white crescent on cheek

White sides; black back; some white striping

Answer 8

Barrow’s Goldeneye

Question 9

Blue and chestnut with funny white lines

Small gray bill; white in front and behind eye

Answer 9

Harlequin Duck

Question 10

Long tail; Does not dabble

Plumage 1:

White teardrop around eye

Plumage 2:

Gray face; white hat; black-ish patch on neck

Answer 10

Long-tailed Duck