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. |
Note - All photos on this page taken by Terry Sohl
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