ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
THE SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS, AND MERGANSERS
Bay or Sea Ducks
We now come to the so-called bay or sea Ducks (Subfamily Fuligulina), which are distinguished from the last group by having the hind toe broadly lobed or webbed. They are mainly large birds, frequenting the open water of our large lakes, bays, and seacoasts, and they obtain their food, which consists of mollusks, crustaceans, and the seeds and roots of aquatic plants, by diving, often to a surprising depth.
Thus Mosley records that in Lake Erie large numbers of Old Squaw Ducks were brought in by fishermen that had been caught in their nets in a depth of water varying from eighty to one hundred feet, and greater depths than these have also been recorded.
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