If you've never heard of a canvasback, you're not alone. But a hundred years ago, this duck was America’s most famous — and most exclusive — dish.| birdhistory.substack.com
Canvasback are the king of ducks. Here are some tips on cooking them to perfection, using both century-old techniques as well as new ones.| Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
The Canvasback Still Graces the Chesapeake| Natural Resources News
Often called the aristocrat of ducks, the Canvasback holds its long sloping forehead high with a distinguished look. Males stand out with a rusty head and neck and a gleaming whitish body bookended in black. Females are pale brown overall, but that Canvasback head shape still gives them away. This diving duck eats plant tubers at the bottom of lakes and wetlands. It breeds in lakes and marshes and winters by the thousands on freshwater lakes and coastal waters.| www.allaboutbirds.org
One Duck’s Journey from Pond to Table| birdhistory.substack.com
Audubon’s Culinary Reviews of America’s Birds| birdhistory.substack.com