Great post Mark! The Gadwall is one of my favorite ducks; in the heyday of the early 1980s they were frequent visitors to our favorite marsh impoundment at Deal Island MD.
Widgeon were in the greatest abundance then, but you were liable to find any variety of puddle ducks coming through during the season, including the occasional Pintail. No divers there usually; they preferred the big water just to the west between Hooper's Island and the mainland and the "Gun Barrel" straight to the southwest towards South Marsh Island, a legendary stronghold for Cans and Redheads since anyone began keeping records (well back into the late 1800s).
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