Gadwall in a Sentence
  • The spelling "gadwall" seems to be first found in Willughby in 1676, and has been generally adopted by later writers; but Merrett, in 1667, has "gaddel" (Pinax rerum naturalium Britannicarum, p. 180), saying that it was so called by bird-dealers.
  • Here, too, breed many species of ducks, the mallard, gadwall, baldpate, three species of teal, shoveler, pintail, hooded mergansers, and Canada geese; other ducks and geese are migrants only.
  • On deeper water great crested and little grebes breed, breeding duck include gadwall and tufted duck.
  • The Gray Lag Goose has been joined by another and a female gadwall also seen a couple of times.