Records of molting in the pintail (Anasacuta) and northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) on the Texas Gulf coast.

• Main Author: Smith, F.W.
• Other Authors: Southwestern Naturalist
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: aquatic birds; migrations; pintail duck; Anas acuta; northern shoveler; Anas clypeata; marshes; Northern Shoveler; Shoveler
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18865

p. 558. On 5 August 1970, three flightless pintails were found on a 555 ha marsh in Chamber County, Texas, approximately 1-6 km south of the Wallisville Dam Site. In addition, a flightless Northern shoveler was captured in the same marsh on 9 September 1969. These birds were molting females that had probably bred further north and subsequently migrated to the Texas coast before beginning their post-nuptial molt. This represents the first record of pre-molt migration in pintails and Northern shovelers wintering on the Texas Gulf coast. http://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htm