Gadwall breed mainly in prairie potholes—small ponds scattered throughout the Great Plains and Canadian prairies. They eat mostly submerged aquatic vegetation such as algae, grasses, rushes, sedges, pondweed, widgeon grass, and water milfoil, including leaves, stems, roots, and seeds. Female Gadwall produce an egg a day while they are laying their 7–12-egg clutches.The oldest known Gadwall was a male, and at least 19 years, 6 months old. He was banded in Saskatchewan in 1962 and shot during hunting season in Louisiana in 1981.
This hen is carved out of one piece of Tupelo. There are no inserted feathers, it was created in February 2017.
