There is a wealth of wintering and staging
waterfowl just 10 minutes from the HSU campus. It is an ideal outdoor classroom
for students pursuing field projects for classes, senior projects and MSc studies.
Current interests include projects on Humboldt Bay ducks:
- dominance and dispersal of sexes among species
- pairing chronology among species
- wigeon feeding and site tenacity
- bufflehead feeding and risk of predation
- green-winged teal flocking and risk of predation
Students in Waterfowl
420, Wildlife
Techniques 311, and Wildlife
Ethology 475. will be encouraged to observe the rich array of waterfowl.
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Ducks you may see around Humboldt Bay include: |
| Wood Duck |
Aix sponsa
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| Gadwall |
Mareca (Anas) strepera |
| American Wigeon |
Mareca (Anas) americana |
| Eurasian Wigeon |
Mareca (Anas) penelope |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos
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| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
| Cinnamon Teal |
Anas cyanoptera |
| Northren Shoveler |
Anas clypeateata |
| Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
| American Green-winged Teal |
Anas carolinensis |
| Eurasian Green-winged Teal |
Anas crecca |
| Canvasback |
Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead |
Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya collaris |
| Greater Scaup |
Aythya marila |
| Lesser Scaup |
Aythya affinis |
| Black Scoter |
Melanitta nigra |
| White-winged Scoter |
Melanitta fusca |
| Surf Scoter |
Melanitta perspicillata |
| Harlequin Duck |
Histrionicus histrionicus |
| Oldsquaw |
Clangula hyemalis |
| Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
| Bufflehead |
Bucephala albeola |
| Common Merganser |
Mergus merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
Mergus serrator |
| Hooded Merganser |
Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Ruddy Duck |
Oxyura jamaicensis |
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