These pictures were taken on April 5th, 2009 on Lake Huron, not far from our home. Mallards are the most common and recognizable duck in North America and most domestic ducks, except the Muscovy originate from the Mallard. They are normally monogamous and perform a ritual prior to mating. Occassionally several males will gang up on one female, but will not perform the normal ritual prior to mating.
Mallards may be ubiquitous, but I still love to see them! Do you ever
ReplyDeleteemploy the use of duck calls? (those hunters' kazoo things?)
wow..the water is so blue here...magnificent! And the one with green head is a real beauty!:)
ReplyDeleteLove the side view of the male's tail curls. Even Disney put curls on Donald Duck's tail and not Daisy's!
ReplyDeleteWinny said it just right! Loved the tail curls, too!
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