1. It's often difficult to see my namesake characteristic.
2. I will often lay eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving them to raise my young.
3. Like some other members of the Podicipedidae family, I will often carry my young on my back.
4. I am a widely spread dabbling duck, who also has a Eurasian-named counterpart.
5. I may be the most common Loon in North America, but I'm not often seen in the lower 48 states.
6. Researchers have found that many of my kind have suffered broken bones, given the rough environments I often prefer.
7. I am a common dabbling duck in much of central and western North America.
8. I am the heaviest of all native North American birds.
9. Hmmm...there's another species that's fairly similar. Which one am I?
10. I'm known from the stiff tail feathers that I typically hold upright.
11. I am a common migrant through the central part of the continent.
12. My scientific name is Somateria mollissima. Will that help you with this one? Probably not. :-)
13. Is a cormorant species "waterfowl"? It is in this quiz!!
14. I am a very common species in much of North America, either in breeding or migration.
15. At first glance you may think I'm something I'm not...
16. I have very different plumages between winter and summer.
17. I have two forms, with dark-bellied birds in the West, ligher bellied birds in the East.
18. I am one of the most common ducks in the world, also found in Europe and Asia.
19. In winter most of my kind are found in salt-water along both coasts.
20. The breeding male above won't be nearly as colorful in the winter.
