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Wood Duck, Aix sponsa.
Common migrant and summer resident along the larger streams and swampy, forested sections of impoundments. Uncommon to rare during winter. Wood Ducks begin to return to the region during warming trends of late February and the first half of March and can be found with regularity through November or early December. Especially high numbers may congregate in places like Lake Fayetteville during October and November.

American Black Duck, Anas rubripes.
All but one record for this species, whose population has been in decline for several decades, occurred in the region prior to 1963. In the file there are a total of seven reports between October 29 and March 3.

Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos.
Common migrant and winter resident whose population levels are highest between October and March. Partially domesticated birds breed throughout the region, but there is no evidence that truly wild "green heads" remain long after March.

Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis.
October 9 to May 15. Fairly common migrant and winter resident on impoundments. Flocks of up to two dozen birds are not unusual at Lake Fayetteville after the arrival of big cold fronts in November. The 48 counted during the 1978 Fayetteville Christmas Count was a high number as was the 90 on Lake Fayetteville November 6, 1986