North Louisiana Wildlife

Follow Us through the Forests and Wetlands

At A Glance

The locations in the badges are the biomes where we’ve met them (and where we think you’ll be most likely to come across them). That doesn’t mean they don’t hang out in other places. 

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Species of Ducks

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Species of Diving Ducks

By The Numbers

Learn more about waterfowl in North Louisiana.

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Species of Dabbling Ducks

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Species of Sea Ducks

Ducks, Geese, & Other "Waterfowl"

Pair of bufflehead ducks flying in the sky
Wetlands

Buffleheads

These birds hang out in the same areas as mallards, gadwall, and wigeons. You'll find these ducks in wetland areas and large lakes during the winter.

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Mallard drake flying through blue sky
Lakes, Swamps

Wild Mallards

Wild mallards are smaller than Rouens and Pekins, and tend to be standoffish when it comes to people. You'll most likely meet this bird soaring through or leaping into the air. You'll also see this duck swimming in wetlands and large lakes with brakey foliage.

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Muscovy duck resting watchfully at the edge of a lake
Lakes & Swamps

Muscovy Ducks

Muscovy ducks are domesticated birds that you'll find in park lakes throughout North Louisiana year round. You'll find them swimming or resting by lakes.

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Flock of male green-winged teal ducks with a female duck and a blue-winged teal duck swimming
Sloughs, Swamps

Blue-Winged Teal Ducks

Teal ducks, particularly blue-winged teals, tend to arrive before other ducks, and you'll find these visitors in sloughs near swamps and rivers.

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Male wood duck flying past a tree limb
Lakes, Sloughs, Swamps

Wood Ducks

Wood ducks are common throughout North Louisiana all year, and you'll find them in lakes, sloughs, and wetlands, often alone or in pairs.

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Canvasback duck swimming
Large Lakes

Canvasback Ducks

Canvasback ducks hang out in large North Louisiana lakes during the winter. You'll find them swimming in open water alone, in pairs, or even with large flocks.

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Female mallard and mallard swimming
Forests

Rouen Ducks

Rouen ducks, like Pekin ducks, are domesticated mallards bred for meat. These ducks look like bulkier mallards, but they're more people-friendly than their wild doppelganger. You're most likely to meet these ducks in parks.

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Flock of male green-winged teal ducks with a female duck and a blue-winged teal duck swimming
Sloughs, Swamps

Teal Ducks

Teal ducks, particularly blue-winged teals, tend to arrive before other ducks, and you'll find these visitors in sloughs near swamps and rivers.

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Gadwall ducks flying in the sky
Lakes, Swamps

American Wigeons

You'll find American wigeons hanging out in large flocks with gadwall and mallards. They'll generally be swimming in swamps or large open bodies of water.

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Canada goose swimming
Lakes

Canada Geese

You'll find these geese in North Louisiana's lakes during the fall, winter, and spring. They may be alone, in pairs, or in flocks.

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Blue and white morph snow geese migrating through a deep blue sky
Swamps

Snow Geese

Snow geese visit North Louisiana in the winter. You'll find them in flocks in lakes and swamps. You'll often find them flying overhead.

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Pied-billed grebe swimming
Lakes

Pied-Billed Grebes

These "not ducks" hang out in lakes throughout North Louisiana year round, and you'll find them a few yards from shore in many places. Grebes are divers who tend to go underwater like turtles rather than fly away like ducks. You're most likely to find them swimming alone or in pairs.

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