Part 5

BLACK AND WHITE PATTERN WHITE WING PATCH ♂ METALLIC GREENISH-BLACK NOT CRESTED RED BILL NOSTRIL POSITIONED NEAR CENTER OF BILL ♀ DISTINCT CREST WHITE THROAT RED BILL TEETH INCLINED BACKWARDS GRAY BACK

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax auritus)

ADULT IMMATURE PALE BREAST YELLOW-ORANGE THROAT POUCH BLACK BODY

COMMON LOON (Gavia immer)

SUMMER ADULT CHECKERED BACK IN FLIGHT HAS DOWNWARD CURVE TO NECK WINTER ADULT FEET EXTEND BEYOND TAIL GRAY SUMMER ADULT BLACK HEAD, PURPLISH IRIDESCENCE BLACK BILL WHITE RIBBED WHITE BREAST AND BELLY WINTER ADULT GRAY WHITE SEXES ARE SIMILAR

HORNED GREBE (Colymbus auritus)

WINTER PLUMAGE DARK BACK THIN BILL RED EYE WHITE CHEEKS, THROAT AND BELLY HEAD, SUMMER PLUMAGE LOBED TOES

PIED-BILLED GREBE (Podilymbus podiceps)

TARSUS FLATTENED LATERALLY ADULT HEAD BLACK IMMATURE CHICKEN-LIKE BILL WHITE STRIPED FACIAL PATTERN SEXES ARE SIMILAR

WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

WHITE UNDERPARTS LONG SLENDER NECK

AMERICAN COOT (Fulica americana)

WHITE SCALLOPED FLAPS WHITE PATCH SLATE GRAY BODY WHITE BILL

KING RAIL (Rallus elegans)

COMMONLY INHABITS FRESH WATER MARSHES GENERALLY HAS A RUSTY COLORATION DARK BARRING SEXES ARE SIMILAR

CLAPPER RAIL (Rallus longirostris)

GENERALLY HAS A GRAYER COLORATION COMMONLY INHABITS TIDAL MARSHES LIGHT BARRING IMMATURE BIRDS SIMILAR TO ADULTS: SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION OFTEN DIFFICULT

VIRGINIA RAIL (Rallus limicola)

IMMATURE BLACKISH BODY ADULT REDDISH BODY GRAY CHEEKS LONG BILL WHITE SEXES ARE SIMILAR

SORA (Porzana Carolina)

IMMATURE BUFFY BROWN BODY ADULT WHITE PATCH GRAY-BROWN BODY SHORT YELLOW BILL BLACK FACIAL AND THROAT PATCH

COMMON SNIPE (JACKSNIPE) (Capella gallinago)

LONG BILL STRIPED BACK AND HEAD ORANGE TAIL HAS A CHARACTERISTIC ZIG-ZAG FLIGHT POINTED WING SEXES ARE SIMILAR

AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Philohela minor)

BARRED HEAD LONG BILL SHORT TAIL CHUNKY BODY LARGE EYE APPEARS NECKLESS BLUNT WING

WATERFOWLER’S CODE

Buy a State License, and if You Are 16 Years of Age or Older Obtain Federal Duck Stamp. It is illegal to hunt waterfowl without these licenses, and the dollars you spend for them help to maintain your sport.

Know Your State, Provincial and Federal Migratory Bird Laws. When in doubt consult your local game protector or U.S. Game Management Agent.