2020 A to Z Challenge !
M is for Mallard !
Photo credit to Cornell Lab of Ornithology
If someone at a park is feeding bread to ducks, chances are there are
Mallards in the fray. Perhaps the most familiar of all ducks, Mallards
occur throughout North America and Eurasia in ponds and parks as well as
wilder wetlands and estuaries. The male’s gleaming green head, gray
flanks, and black tail-curl arguably make it the most easily identified
duck. Mallards have long been hunted for the table, and almost all
domestic ducks
come from this species.
Photo credit to Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Mallard pairs form long before the spring breeding season. Pairing takes
place in the fall, but courtship can be seen all winter.
Only the
female incubates the eggs and takes care of the ducklings.
As always to hear and learn more
please go to this link! Enjoy!
Profuse apologies for my not visiting anyone
yesterday, but we were celebrating our
30th anniversary and just paid
attention to each other!
Today I will behave and visit all!
Profuse apologies for my not visiting anyone
yesterday, but we were celebrating our
30th anniversary and just paid
attention to each other!
Today I will behave and visit all!
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Congratulations and best wishes on your anniversary. Mallards are just too pretty. Got to know more about them. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWe love ducks, and mallards are our favorites. Happy Wednesday!
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If anyone is feeding bread to the ducks, they should stop! Bread just fills them up with empty calories. Pick up some cracked corn at a feed store instead! Even canned corn! Or snails. Oh, they love, love, love snails. Mallards tend to get around, our ponds have a lot of "mutt" ducks with partial Mallard coloring!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a beautiful day yesterday! The mallard is just my favorite duck, males are so pretty!
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I was in the park watching the a mother duck leading her line of frantically paddling ducklings across a lake earlier today!
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From Toffee the cat: Lots of mallards on ponds near my home. I'm not allowed anywhere near them. Don't know why...
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They are everywhere here too, and they are really pretty! :)
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Mallards are by far the most common duck around here. There are at least two places near here where they gather and are pretty tame because people come to feed them.
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