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Mallard Duck

Anas platyrhynchos

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35.1782, -80.8489

Field Notes

Description:

dabbling duck - they tip forward to graze on underwater plants, maybe 25 inches; easy to identify males with iridescent green heads and females all brown; this mother had 5 ducklings

Habitat:

urban storm water drainage creek

Notes:

our most common siting, here year round

Reference Links:

Mallard, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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