Habits similar to Baldpates and often found with them. Forbush considered their call quite different — er-whew! First note soft and low, second high and shrill while Baldpates give hue-hue-hue, accented on second.
Their food seems to be almost exclusively vegetable and they do not hesitate to steal from more energetic associates.
NEST: of grass and reed stalks; on ground usually near water.
EGGS — 6 to 10; buff white.
North America. One of our rarest ducks.