Guidepost 2: What are the four goals of the scientific study of human development, and what do developmental scientists study? 1  The study of human development seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify development.  Ways of studying human development are still evolving, making use of advanced technologies.
Dabbling ducks eat plants, seeds, grasses and other small insects and animals that they find on or under the water. Ducks which have broad beaks, (shovelers) sift their food for insects, snails and seeds from the mud.
This group of ducks is so named because its members feed mainly by diving, although in fact the Netta species are reluctant to dive, and feed more like dabbling ducks. These are gregarious ducks, mainly found on fresh water or on estuaries, though the Greater Scaup becomes marine during the northern winter.