92 Northern Pintail

• A group of ducks are called a; Brace / Flush / Paddling / Raft / Team.
• This duck has the largest tail of any freshwater foul.
• It has a very long neck and flies with it extended.
• It has a pale chocolate brown head, with a intricate pattern of back feathers.  It has a band of green on its wings with a fringe bar of buff.
• It eats grain, rice, seeds, aquatic weeds, insect larvae, crustaceans and snails.
• It is one of the first ducks to nest, right after the ice thaws.
• It has a very harsh Quack amoung other sounds like a Wheeee, and Prreep. 
• Its numbers have been on the decline over the last 30 years due to habitat loss.