Non-domestic species at Featherside
--and elsewhere!

Geese

Emperor Gander

Swans

Gallinaceous Fowl

Guineas

Jungle Fowl

Peafowl

Pheasants

"Wyatt"

A Golden male

Partridges

Quail

Turkeys

Ratites

An Emu chick

Various Hybrids

Links to Wildfowl Sites

The Game Bird and Waterfowl Message Board.

The Home Page of the American Pheasant & Waterfowl Society includes pictures of some exotic species.

Here's the International Wild Waterfowl Association (IWWA).

How about a link to the Pheasant & Waterfowl Society of Australia?

There's a pictorial omnibus of wildfowl at Harteman Wildfowl.

Here's The Heart of America Game Breeders' Association (HOAGBA).

The QuailTalk and PheasantTalk forum also has links to many photos of all sorts of gallinaceous fowl and wildfowl.

Manzano Valley Pheasantry has put together a Cyberlibrary of waterfowl and gamebird articles.

Rarebird.com maintains some classifieds and a breeder's directory. They also have a page of exotic wildfowl images.

Here's a page of descriptive terms found in articles dealing with birds.

For published materials on these birds see my book page

Go to my Poultry Sites page for more links to gallinaceous Game Birds

Carter's Rare Birds includes very nice graphics and info on various waterfowl.

Waterfowl of Chenoa - the Field family's EXCELLENT wildfowl site. Great information for environmental educators, also.

Northwest Wildfowl Farm - Conservation via propagation, education and research.

Here's the International Wild Waterfowl Association, another wild waterfowl conservation site.

And here's the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust -- they deal in part with threatened species.

AVIORNIS UK - Conservation through Captive Breeding.

Feathers on Water is a lovely site: "A virtual exhibition of the swans, geese and ducks of Canada." A nicely designed site in both English and French.

Here are the Geese and Ducks of Dillon Ripley's Wildlife Sanctuary.

Ance Photos has lots of images of various waterfowl.

There are many photos of many species at Wildy Beautiful Waterfowl.

Ian has lots of wildfowl at ExoticWaterfowl.com.

Various waterfowl are for sale at Dickson Farm

Many wild species of duck are for sale at Dieter's Divers

Northwest Wildfowl has a nice article: Getting Started in Aviculture.

HOAGBA's Helpful Hints for raising wildfowl.

There are lots of exotic waterfowl at Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Farm

Joachim's Wildfowl and Waterfowl site has basic info on lots of different fowl.

Here's a page of commercial stock photos of various waterfowl, and some other water birds.

A page on waterfowl identity on the Central Flyway of the US.

Webbed Feet and All is a page on waterfowl of the Bay Area, San Francisco.

And here's a page on the waterfowl of Utah.

The Pacific NorthWest Menu of Waterfowl has lots of great wildfowl pictures.

The Western Waterfowl Exposition, 1999, maintains an Information Page.

Here's Ducks Unlimited's Waterfowl ID page.

Ducks.com's Waterfowl Links page leans toward the hunting side of waterfowl information.

Clear Springs Aviaries and Gardens specializes in propagating rare species of birds, including various gallinaceous birds and waterfowl.

Anatoly's Waterfowl and Pheasantry has lots of pictures of exotics.

The Waterfowler's Lake shows Matt's ornamentals. Birds for sale here.

Griffin's Exotics -- birds for sale here.

Justin's Waterfowl Essentials has pictures of many exotic ducks. Birds for sale here.

There's a lot of wildfowl for sale at Robert's Waterfowl.

Brundige Waterfowl also has lots of exotics for sale.

Treehaven Waterfowl Trust, in South Africa, has a large collection of wildfowl and is always looking for more. They also sell a video on Successful Waterfowl Management.

Ducks of the World has tabular information on many species of wild duck.

There are lots of waterfowl and gamebirds at Mapledale Farm.

If you want to know how to recognize those water fowl over there, stop by the Ducks at a Distance homepage.

Here's the US Fish & Wildlife Service's page on Duck Identification Using Wing Plumage. Definitely a handy source for North American wild ducks.

DUCKDATA is a bibliographic data base of North American waterfowl and their habitats.

The GooseRef Bibliography System is an online bibliographic search system devoted to the primary scientific literature on geese.

The Anatomy of the Duck is covered on this page.

Topography -- Duck Central's page on duck anatomy.

True Geese of the World 1 is a tabular list of the Anser species of wild geese.

True Geese of the World 2 is a tabular list of the Branta species of wild geese.

Here's a page on the general characteristics of geese (subfamily Anserinae).

Geese, Swans, & Ducks is a list of links to various species of wildfowl.

Shelducks of the World has information on the genus Tadorna.

Here's Jack Long's page with pictures of European Shelducks.

A page on the Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri.

Texas Parks and Wildlife has put up pages on two ducks, the Mallard and the Bufflehead.

HOAGBA has a page on raising Canvasback Ducks.

Here's Squaw Creek's pages on Fulvous Ducks and Cinnamon Teal. Birds for sale here.

And they're breeding the White-headed Duck at the St. Louis Zoo.

Big Sky Waterfowl & Gamebirds has a page with pictures of Wood & Mandarin ducks and Cinnamon Teal. Birds for sale here.

Northwest Wildfowl's featured species is the Brant's Goose.

Uncommon Waterfowl: great photos by Ian Gereg.

Wildly Beautiful Waterfowl has many lovely images.

Swan Haven Waterfowl - Your source for Wild Waterfowl, Cage Birds, and More!

Various exotics can be had at Duck Haven Wildfowl.

You'll find lots of wildfowl at Jack Long's Exotic Birds, including Red Breasted Geese. Birds for sale here.

Predator proofing: There's some site, I don't remember it, that sells little flashing solar powered lights that repel owls. But if you can't find or afford those, try this!

Dan Cowell has a nice page up with plans for various waterfowl nest boxes, including Wood Duck boxes.

Here's a page of artificial nest structures for Woodies, Mallards and Canadas.

Above-ground nest structures for ducks and geese.

Prickeree Pines has a wildfowl nestbox page.

Nest Aid: Wood Duck Nest Box

Prospecting For Nest Sites by Cavity-Nesting Ducks of the Genus Bucephala -- a pdf file from The Condor, Volume 87, Number 4, November, 1985.

Here's Terry Smith's page of helpful hints on waterfowl & gamebird incubation and hatching.

Check out Ian's page on Incubation and Brooding of Ornamental Waterfowl.

Here is a page of techniques for pinioning baby waterfowl.

And this is a page of techniques for pinioning adult waterfowl.

Methods of Restricting a Bird's Flight from Swan Haven Waterfowl.

Gamebird.com also has a page on pinioning waterfowl.

Jubilee Acres has a page on pinioning waterfowl, too.

There are some wonderful waterfowl posters available from the artist Monte Dolack. I love 'em!

And for all you philatelists out there, here's a page on Anseriformes (waterfowl) on postage stamps, and another on Galliformes (game birds).