{"id":24914,"date":"2015-05-30T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T19:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=24914"},"modified":"2025-11-26T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:40:35","slug":"swans-geese-and-ducks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/swans-geese-and-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"Swans, Geese and Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Swans,<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Family: Anatidae<\/i><\/p>\n

There are twelve species of swans and geese and thirty-nine species of ducks that occur regularly in North America. All of them have webbed feet and elongated bills. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i>Back to Birds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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\"American<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

American Wigeon Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Black-bellied<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Black<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Black Scoter Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Blue-winged<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Blue-winged Teal Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Bufflehead<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Bufflehead Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Cackling<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Cackling Geese Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Winter<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Canada Geese Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Drake<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Canvasback Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Cinnamon<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Cinnamon Teal Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Drake<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Common Goldeneye Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Common<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Common Merganser Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Gadwall<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Gadwall Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Autumn<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Greater Scaup Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Greater<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Greater White-fronted Geese Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Green-winged<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Green-winged Teal Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Harlequin<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Harlequin Duck Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Hooded<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Hooded Merganser Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Lesser<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Lesser Scaup Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Mallard<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Mallard Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Mottled<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Mottled Duck Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Drake<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Northern Pintail Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Northern<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Northern Shoveler Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Red-breasted<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Red-breasted Merganser Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Redhead<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Redhead Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Ring-necked<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Ring-necked Duck Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Ross's<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Ross’s Geese Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Male<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Ruddy Duck Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Snow<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Snow Geese Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Surf<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Surf Scoter Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Centennial<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Trumpeter Swan Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Tundra<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Tundra Swan Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Wood<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Wood Duck Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Duck<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Duck and Geese Hybrids and Domestic waterfowl Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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