Northern Pintail - (Anas acuta)

Northern Pintail photo copyright by James E. Kuhn A migratory winter visitor to the Imperial Valley, the long neck and its unique thin-pointed tail makes the Northern Pintail an easy duck to identify - even at a distance.

Compare with Northern Shoveler duck.

If you are interested in learning more about this bird online - I recommend you start with the Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD. http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html

They present photographs, songs, identification tips, maps, and life history information for North American birds - including the Northern Pintail

OTHER OUTSIDE LINKS FOR THIS BIRD:

Northern Pintail Survival Game  - A US Fish & Wildlife Web site that presents teachers with a game for their students to play while learning about our natural world.

Northern Pintail Profile - Male and female photo with field notes displayed by the Wilderness Society's "Amazing Arctic Birds" Web site.

The following "WAV" format sound file is copyright protected by Doug Van Gausig of Sedona, Arizona, as part of the "Sounds of Nature" Web site:

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Eldon R. Caldwell
Imperial Valley College
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