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Dabbling and Diving ducks of Maine, waddling, swimming, flying, mating, eating - wild and domestic birds,
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American Coot, related to Common and Purple Gallinules. They aren't really a duck, though people think of them as ducks. They lack webbed feet. They have really big feet, though. With them they are able to walk on lily pads and other growth that's in or near the surface of water. Coots, unlike Gallinules are often in really big flocks of anywhwere from 50-100 or more. Maine has American coots but for the most part in the summer months as they are migratory here.
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American Coot, related to Common and Purple Gallinules. They aren't really a duck, though people think of them as ducks. They lack webbed feet. They have really big feet, though. With them they are able to walk on lily pads and other growth that's in or near the surface of water. Coots, unlike Gallinules are often in really big flocks of anywhwere from 50-100 or more. Maine has American coots but for the most part in the summer months as they are migratory here.

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  • Common Goldeneye ducks in flight, female and male, Phippsburg, Maine
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  • Flock of Green Winged Teal ducks in flight, Phippsburg, Maine
  • Flock of Green Winged Teal ducks in flight, Phippsburg, Maine
  • Wood duck drake. Wood Ducks are Maine's only perching duck. They are dependent on trees for nests. Wood Ducks make nests in tree cavities. This drake is standing in the rain in a cemetery!
  • Wood duck drake. Wood Ducks are Maine's only perching duck. They are dependent on trees for nests. Wood Ducks make nests in tree cavities.
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  • American Coot, related to Common and Purple Gallinules. They aren't really a duck, though people think of them as ducks. They lack webbed feet. They have really big feet, though. With them they are able to walk on lily pads and other growth that's in or near the surface of water. Coots, unlike Gallinules are often in really big flocks of anywhwere from 50-100 or more. Maine has American coots but for the most part in the summer months as they are migratory here.
  • Wood duck drake. Wood Ducks are Maine's only perching duck. They are dependent on trees for nests. Wood Ducks make nests in tree cavities.Wood Ducks perch and nest in trees unlike most other dabbling ducks.
  • Common Moorhens are related to Purple Gallinules and American Coots. They are sometimes called Common Gallinules. This one is in breeding plumage with a bright red and yellow beak. It is foraging for food. They pick insects from the bottom and from water plants. They are a swamp or wetland. bird. I once saw one on the north end of The New Meadows River in North Bath, Maine. They are reported every year in southern Maine.
  • Flock of Green Winged teal ducks, three are clearly Common Greenwinged Teal. The duck in the middle, second from the right could be a American X Eurasian Integrade. It has a horizontal white bar, but also a white bar on the scapulars. The horizontal bar is fainter than the other ducks. The duck on the far right is a hybrid Mallard X American Black Duck. It has a green head. Birds were photographed in late March, Phippsburg Maine.
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  • Flock of Green Winged teal ducks, four are clearly Common Greenwinged Teal. The second duck from the right could be a American X Eurasian Integrade. It has a horizontal white bar, but also a white bar on the scapulars. The duck on the far right is a hybrid Mallard X American Black Duck. It has a green head. Birds were photographed in late March, Phippsburg Maine.
  • Hooded Mergansers, hen and drake with Common Goldeneyes, hen and drake, Phippsburg Maine winter birds
  • Hooded Mergansers, hen and drake with Common Goldeneyes, hen and drake, Phippsburg Maine winter birds
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