Like a duck out of water. A proverb credit + large image Mottled Duck The Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula[1]) or Mottled Mallard is a medium-sized dabbling duck. There are two distinct populations of Mottled Ducks. One population, A. fulvigula maculosa (Mottled Duck), lives on the Gulf of Mexico coast. The…
Mottled_Duck Happy as a duck in water. A proverb large image American Wigeon (duck) The American Wigeon (also American Widgeon or Baldpate), Anas americana is a species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is a common and widespread duck. This dabbling duck is migratory and winters farther…
When the goose honk high, fair weather; when the goose honks low, foul weather. A proverb credit + large image Brent Goose The Brant Goose (Branta bernicla), a goose of the genus Branta, is known in North America as Brant, Brent Goose or Black Brant. It breeds on the Arctic…
It’s as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck. An Irish proverb credit + large image Fulvous Whistling Duck The Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor, is a whistling duck which breeds across the world’s tropical regions in much of Central and South America,…
A market is three women and a goose. An old proverb credit + large image Ross’s Goose The Ross’s Goose (Chen rossii or Anser rossii) is a North American species of goose. The Ross’s Goose is a rare vagrant to Western Europe, but is commonly kept in wildfowl collections and…
Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs. An old proverb credit + large image Greater White-fronted Goose The Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is a goose species closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose. In Europe it has been known as simply “White-fronted Goose”. The Greater White-fronted…
Thou are a bitter bird, said the raven to the starling. A Swedish Proverb credit + large image Common Raven The raven is a member of a very successful family of birds, the Corvidae, which also includes jays, magpies, and crows. The raven is a permanent resident in Alaska,…
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. An Italian Proverb credit Hen Harrier or Northern Harrier (in North America) The Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) or Northern Harrier (in North America) is a bird of prey. It breeds throughout the northern parts of the northern hemisphere in Canada and…
