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Mallard duck (with canada goose)

Anas platyrhynchos (with Branta canadensis)

Photo by BrunoMoller
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Field Notes

Description:

•The males have a green head and a grey wings, females are brown.
•They eat water plants, insects, crustaceans and worms.
•Their predators are raptor birds, mustelids, snakes, raccoons, opossums, skunks, turtles, large fish, felids and canids.

Habitat:

Arctic tundra, subtropical regions, wetlands, ponds, parks, rivers, lakes, estuaries, shallow inlets, open sea
-I saw these ducks in Naperville (USA)

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