Pocket book on ducks?

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rubberdown

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I duck hunted with a guy a few years ago and he knew almost every duck we had dropped. There was one he didnt recognize so he reached into his pack and pulled out a small book that listed just about every waterfowl bird, duck goose etc etc. This book had pictures of the birds along with their diet, habitat, pretty much everything about them. Well...I want a book like this but have no idea where to look for one or what description to put into a search engine to find one. ANYONE have any titles or advice?

Thanks.
 
Honestly there aren't that many species of ducks in Ontario. Heres 26 the species of ducks you'll find in Ontario, the bold ones are common that you should probably know. Cut that list in half if you only hunt puddle ducks. Most field guides I've seen don't show the wings which are one of the best ways to ID them.

Wood Duck, Aix sponsa
Gadwall, Anas strepera
American Wigeon, Anas americana
American Black Duck, Anas rubripes
Mallard, Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail, Anas bahamensis
Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca
Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
Redhead, Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca
Black Scoter, Melanitta americana
Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis
Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser, Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis

And honestly you should be able to ID them before you even shoot them, or at least have a very good idea of what it could be.
 
xeon said:
Honestly there aren't that many species of ducks in Ontario. Heres 26 the species of ducks you'll find in Ontario, the bold ones are common that you should probably know. Cut that list in half if you only hunt puddle ducks. Most field guides I've seen don't show the wings which are one of the best ways to ID them.

Wood Duck, Aix sponsa
Gadwall, Anas strepera
American Wigeon, Anas americana
American Black Duck, Anas rubripes
Mallard, Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail, Anas bahamensis
Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca
Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
Redhead, Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca
Black Scoter, Melanitta americana
Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis
Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser, Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis

And honestly you should be able to ID them before you even shoot them, or at least have a very good idea of what it could be.
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We got a duck called an Old Squaw once that non of us had seen before and had to use the book to identify it, which is why I feel I should have a book.

As for identifying the ducks before we shoot, the guys I hunt with know them all, but I want to be better educated myself. Hell, when I took my hunting course in 1996 I had no interest at all in ducks but I could identify all of them from their silhouette for the hunting course. Its been a long time and I have found out just how much fun it is to hunt flying targets as opposed to sitting still waiting for bull winkle to walk by me LOL.

thanks for the book titles and advice guys!
 
rubberdown said:
We got a duck called an Old Squaw once that non of us had seen before and had to use the book to identify it, which is why I feel I should have a book.

As for identifying the ducks before we shoot, the guys I hunt with know them all, but I want to be better educated myself. Hell, when I took my hunting course in 1996 I had no interest at all in ducks but I could identify all of them from their silhouette for the hunting course. Its been a long time and I have found out just how much fun it is to hunt flying targets as opposed to sitting still waiting for bull winkle to walk by me LOL.

thanks for the book titles and advice guys!
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Old squaw = Long tailed duck
 
rubberdown said:
Thanks, I just did some reading and was shocked to see that the name of this duck was changed to be "politically correct", WTF???
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I still call it an old squaw and I hope everyone else does too. I don't get pissed off when I buy crackers.
 
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