Show Waterfowl Nesting Started I With the peak of the spring waterfowl migration now completed completed completed com com- I those adult bird bird- birdon on Utah marshlands are now or orWill orwill orwill will soon be nesting I NEARLY ducks and geese are on the marshes Swans have moved through the state on the way to their nesting nesting nesting nest nest- ing grounds in northern Canada and Alaska The first broods of Canada geese are expected in about one week with mallard ducks being the next bird to show off a brood of young REDHEAD and ruddy ducks are among the last ducks to nest neston on the Utah marshes While many species of waterfowl waterfowl waterfowl water water- fowl nest In Utah the most common common common com com- mon are mallard redhead cinnamon cinnamon cinnamon cin cin- namon teal gad gadwall wall pintail and ruddy THE WHISTLING swan and lesser snow goose although common In the state during spring and fall migration periods periods periods per per- do not nest in Utah Both birds nest on the edge of or the Arctic in Alaska and Canada |