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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly up in the sky like a Ring-bill gull? The Ring–bill gull is 43 or 54 cm long. They weigh 300-700 grams. It looks like an eagle because it has big and long wings. It has a small yellow beak with a black spot on it. It has little eyes about the size of a pencil eraser. The male is bigger than the female, which is the only difference.

Ring- bill gulls eat a lot of different things. Some of these things include fish, grain, and rodents. To find the fish they have to wait for them to jump out of the water. The Ring-bill gull could be found in Mexico, Canada and the United States. If I were a Ring-bill gull I would fly to different places like Brooklyn, New Jersey, Queens and Manhattan. By Alex

Did you that the Black necked swan fly at night and rest during the day with other swans.

The size of the Black Necked Swan is about 55 inches long it weighs 8 to 15 pounds. The Black neck swan has a white body and a long black neck. It has small eyes and it has a red knob on its face. The swan has a big mouth.

The female is one foot bigger than the male. They look the same except for the different sizes. The black necked swans eating habits are vegetation, insects, and fish. That’s what a Black Necked Swan eats. A Black Necked Swan lives in Australia and it swims in a pond.

Do you wish that you were a Black Necked Swan because it swims in a pond and it has many different colors?

By: Cristian



Did you know…that the Muscovy duck is found in dark places?

The Muscovy duck is brownish-black. It has green, purple, red, black and white wing patches. Its beak is orange and very pointy. It helps it catch its worms and other things. The length of the male’s body is 31 centimeters and the female is 23 centimeters long. The weight of the male is 7 pounds and the female is 4 pounds. The male Muscovy duck is attracted to the female colors like brownish-yellow.

A Muscovy duck eats many living organisms like worms and bugs. It eats leaves. They hunt for their food under the ground and in the water too. A Muscovy duck is found in many countries like Mexico and North America. It lives near a lake like Clove Lakes Park.

If I were a Muscovy duck I would swim all around the lake and play with the other ducks. By: Darnel



There was a crystal blue lake. It was spring and there were beautiful colorful trees that had yellow, green, orange, brown and pink on them. There was once a bird that swooped in the crystal blue water. I wonder what it was.

This beautiful bird is called a Mute Swan. It has an orange beak and all over its body are white feathers. It has orange feet and half black on its head. They are very large birds measuring 56-62 inches in length.

The Mute Swan is compared to the female and male. The female looks like the male mute swan. The difference between them is not obvious. This Mute Swan is an omnivore and eats the things that make it an Herbivore. The Mute swan is an animal that eats some aquatic plants and some aquatic animals.

This Mute Swan is found in the Great lakes and it’s found in Maryland. By: Eddie

Do you know what a group of Mallard ducks is called? If you don’t, I do, it is called a sord.

The Mallard is 20 to 26 centimeters long and a wing span that is 81-98 centimeters long. The male mallard has a green head and neck and a black rear end. A mallard has a yellow bill and their feet are webbed. The color on their feet is orange. On both sides of its stomach is white and light brown with dark brown feathers on its back. A mallard has dark brown feathers on a dark brown chest with brown eyes.

Mallards eat invertebrates, fish, amphibians and plants. They graze on land eating grains and plants.

Mallards are found all over. They live in wetlands.

By: Hakeem

__ Blue Winged Teal __ Have you ever seen a Blue Winged Teal before? Well, I saw a Blue Winged Teal when I was on the Ferry. The Blue Winged Teal is a cute duck! The Blue Winged Teal’s size is 36-41 centimeter and 14-16 inches long. Their wingspan size is 56-62 centimeter and 22-24 inches long. Their weight is 230-545 grams. A Blue Winged Teal has a blue beak, brown and white (whole body is brown with white spots), half white bottom and blue and purple wings. It has yellow feet, blue flippers, black face, black eyes, white in the back of the ducks head, and black tail. A male duck (Blue Winged Teal) has a white face in the front that shaped like a half moon and the female do not have the half moon face. The female and male have the same body, but the male is skinny. Blue Winged Teal’s food habits are that they eat a lot of food, except for the male (Blue Winged Teal).The female Blue Winged Teal eats a lot of seeds, fish, or any kind of food except animals. The male eats a little bit. The Blue Winged Teal’s habitat is on land and on the water where they swim. The Blue Winged Teal is found in North America. It lives on land and water like lakes and ponds. The Blue Winged Teal’s species is “Anas Discors” I would like to be a Blue Winged Teal because they could fly and swim all day long and they also look beautiful because their feathers are colorful! By: Lucija



It was a windless day. Water is flowing into the lake. A log is in a lake. What is on the log? It s a female mallard.

The size of a female mallard is 20 to 36 inches long. Its weight is 2 to 3 pounds. The wing span is 15 to 17 inches. A female mallard has a yellow beak, a green head and blue neck. The feathers colors are white, brown and blue. The difference between the male and female mallards is the male is heavier than the female. The female has a blue wing and head and a green neck.

A mallards eating habits are invertebrates, fish, amphibians, and different plants. They eat grass and feed on grains and plants. A mallard grabs its food and swallows it whole. It does not chew. This bird can be found in Asia, Europe and North America.

I think it would be fun to be a mallard. By: Michael



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