What is the American Wigeon?

American Wigeon is a kind of dabbling duck that is native for North America. Wigeons lives in the marshes of fresh and salty water and mainly eats plants. Ducks are colored dunes, which is sandy red brown, and the male duck has a white stripe, green marks and white tail feathers during the reproduction period. Instead, they travel to deep water occasionally to feed on surface aquatic plants. In addition, Wigeon will watch other birds and diving duck activity and sometimes steal the food that the birds have obtained from diving below the surface. Wigeons also graze plants and seeds in open fields and grains form a substantial part of their diet. The women's American Wigeons eat invertebrates during the period of reproduction of water insects, but this is the only moment when ducks eat something other than plants. Americanwigeon will eat during the day and night to avoid interaction with potential predators and forage throughout the travel.

ducks live in swamps, lakes and fresh and salty water flooded fields. Bays and Ústí are also frequent habitats for American Wigeon. Therefore, the loss of swamps and wetlands for new development affects the Wigeon habitat, but the population is generally stable. Severe drought has the greatest impact on the species, which historically causes a significant loss in the breeding population. In general, the average number of American Wigeon ducks is around three million.

American ducks Wigeon are located throughout North America and the general placement changes with the season during the year. For breeding, ducks fly north to Canada, an area of ​​large lakes, as well as northern and southern Dakota. During the winter there are ducks, and it is also found that he lives in Hawaii all year round.

male ducks migrate north to the winter in front of female ducks and leave as soon as the eggs of women have hatched. The female ducks laid an average of 10 eggs and built a nest nearby, but not directly next to the water source. Eggs incubate up to 25 daysAnd the maternal duck will watch the ducks until they are on average 63 days. Male ducks will remain in a woman to keep eggs guarding during incubation, but are not part of the process of breeding baby ducks.

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