Falcated Duck at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands centre, Gloucestershire, England
Wildfowl or waterfowl, also waterbirds, is the collective term for the approximately 147 species of swans, geese and ducks, classified in the order Anseriformes, family Anatidae. Wildfowl usually live on wetlands. Many species are hunted, and some are kept for ornamental purposes.
Waterfowl were once so abundant that they seemed to blanket areas of the Bay and to "flen the sky" during their migrations; today their numbers are greatly reduced.
Some species of waterfowl migrate for 3,000 miles, nonstop, at speeds of 40 to 60 miles an hour.
It is estimated that at one time, millions of waterfowl spent their winters in the Bay region, supported by profuse SAV beds and supplemental diets rich in invertebrates fished from the shallows.
Under the other two proposals, resident and nonresident waterfowl hunters would continue to pay a fee, but the stamp would be eliminated and WHC would likely cease operations.
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