plural gadwalls or gadwall
: a grayish-brown medium-sized dabbling duck (Mareca strepera)
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Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Nantucket: Twenty-seven gadwalls and three Northern shovelers in the Great Point Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
Go with teal, wood ducks or gadwall.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2020
Waterfowl sightings included a gadwall in West Springfield, three ring-necked ducks at Forest Park in Springfield, and three Northern pintails at the Longmeadow Flats in Longmeadow.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2022
Hampshire County: Observers spotted a gadwall in Ware, five green-winged teal in Hatfield, and a Barrow’s goldeneye on the south side of the Holyoke Dam.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
Swans and 17 species of duck frequent Gillmor, which also provides nesting habitat for various shorebirds, such as the snowy plover, American avocet, Wilson’s phalarope, black-necked stilt, cinnamon teal and gadwall.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
Some species like mallards get back to the prairie early as possible and (breed), while others like gadwall or blue-winged teal arrive up to a month later.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
As cold snaps arrive, those early birds will move on and more migrating mallards, black ducks, and gadwall will show up, along with divers like scaup and canvasback, and dark geese, too.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
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Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Nantucket: Twenty-seven gadwalls and three Northern shovelers in the Great Point Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
Go with teal, wood ducks or gadwall.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2020
Waterfowl sightings included a gadwall in West Springfield, three ring-necked ducks at Forest Park in Springfield, and three Northern pintails at the Longmeadow Flats in Longmeadow.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2022
Hampshire County: Observers spotted a gadwall in Ware, five green-winged teal in Hatfield, and a Barrow’s goldeneye on the south side of the Holyoke Dam.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
Swans and 17 species of duck frequent Gillmor, which also provides nesting habitat for various shorebirds, such as the snowy plover, American avocet, Wilson’s phalarope, black-necked stilt, cinnamon teal and gadwall.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
Some species like mallards get back to the prairie early as possible and (breed), while others like gadwall or blue-winged teal arrive up to a month later.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
As cold snaps arrive, those early birds will move on and more migrating mallards, black ducks, and gadwall will show up, along with divers like scaup and canvasback, and dark geese, too.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
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