Texas Waterfoul

American Wigeon - Female (note speckled head)

American Wigeon - Male (note green eye patche on speckled head & white "bald patch" on head

Blue Winged Teal (note crescents on male's face) blue on opened wing, but green speculum. Female is mottled brown overall like Cinnamon teal female but plumage is duller

bufflehead female (gray overall with oblong white patch behind eye)

bufflehead male

Green winged teal - female. (green speculum) Smaller bill than other female teals and a pale belly

Canvasback female. Forehead slopes to a long black bill

Canvasback male (white back) Forehead slopes to a long black bill

• Cinnamon teal (male & female)
• Female is mottled brown overall like Blue winged teal female but plumage is a richer brown

Goldeneye female (Choculate head with 'golden eye', gray body)

Goldeneye (Common) male Compare to Hooded Merganser

Gadwall female (note white speculum) female brownish, Male subdued gray,

Gadwall male (white speculum doesn't show here) Male subdued gray, female brownis

Green winged teal - male

Greater White Fronted Goose (2+ feet

• Ross’s Geese (white & blue morph) 2 feet
• In back right: Snow goose, which also in blue morph as well as white (2 1/2 feet)

Hooded Merganser female (similar head shape to male with crest lowered - same short bill)

Hooded Merganser male (hood lowered)

Hooded Merganser male (hood raised)

Scaup female - brown through out with bold white area encircling the bill.

Scaup male (black on the ends, white in the middle) Head shape differs between Greater & Lesser

Juvenile or eclipse male Mallard. Mallard female is similar but bill is orange with a broad black patch in the middle

Mallard male

Mottled Duck (sexes alike) Differs from female Mallard by darker plumage, lack of white in tail and no black on bill

Pintail (Male has "pin tail", longer neck, hocolate head with white line & white breast. Female is mottled warm brown with dark bill. Tail is shorter but slightly pointed

Red Brested Merganser female (note bill, shaggy head)

Red Brested Merganser male (note bill, shaggy head)

Redhead female. Bill is shorter than Canvasback and paler with a black nail preceeded by a faint white ring

Redhead male (gray back vs. Canvasback's white back) Bill is shorter than Canvasback and paler with a black nail preceeded by a faint white ring

Ring Necked Duck female (note white ring on bill)

Ring Necked Duck male (note white ring on bill)

Ruddy Duck female (note bill & shape) Male in winter looks similar but with his white checks

Ruddy Duck male (breeding plumage) blue bill, stiff tail, big white check. In winter, black gray & white but with same white checks

Shoveler female (note shoveler shaped bill - also bill only orange tinged)

Shoveler male

Wood Ducks

Common Loon (Breeding plumage)

Common Loon (winter plumage)