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Mallard duck- female

Anas platyrhynchos

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Field Notes

Description:

Mottled brown pattern on feather, light colored cheeks, eyebrow, throat and neck with a darker crown and eye-stripe.

Habitat:

Pond in a local park

Notes:

This duck was trying to rest with her head tucked under a wing. She didn't seem to pleased to have me around at all, and soon moved under a bridge.

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Mallard

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