Gadwall Duck
Gadwall making a splash at The Pool in Central Park, New York City.
In a world where male ducks sport gleaming patches of green, red, or blue, the Gadwall's understated elegance can make this common duck easy to overlook. Males are intricately patterned with gray, brown, and black; females resemble female mallards, although with a thinner, darker bill.
Gadwall are about the same size as Mallards. Gadwall have a fairly large, square head with a steep forehead. The bill is noticeable thinner than a Mallard's. Male Gadwall are gray-brown with a black patch at the tail. Females are patterned with brown and buff. Females have a thin orange edge to their dark bills. In flight, both sexes have a white wing patch that is sometimes visible while swimming or resting.
We don't tend to think of ducks as pirates, but Gadwall often snatch food from divine ducks as they surface.
--- allaboutbirds.org
Gadwall Duck
Gadwall making a splash at The Pool in Central Park, New York City.
In a world where male ducks sport gleaming patches of green, red, or blue, the Gadwall's understated elegance can make this common duck easy to overlook. Males are intricately patterned with gray, brown, and black; females resemble female mallards, although with a thinner, darker bill.
Gadwall are about the same size as Mallards. Gadwall have a fairly large, square head with a steep forehead. The bill is noticeable thinner than a Mallard's. Male Gadwall are gray-brown with a black patch at the tail. Females are patterned with brown and buff. Females have a thin orange edge to their dark bills. In flight, both sexes have a white wing patch that is sometimes visible while swimming or resting.
We don't tend to think of ducks as pirates, but Gadwall often snatch food from divine ducks as they surface.
--- allaboutbirds.org