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Mallard duck

Anas platyrhynchos

Photo by Rustic 41
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Field Notes

Description:

This specimen is a juvenile male mallard, or wild, duck that is just beginning to have the back of its head turn an identifying green.

Notes:

This year, the number of female chicks seems to greatly outnumber the number of male mallards that were hatched this season. This is one of the few that I have seen this summer.

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PublishedAugust 2, 2013

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