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Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

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Field Notes

Description:

This group had like 8 ducks, some of them looked domesticated, some mixed, and some wild.
They just got out of the water, and let me take some pictures, while they were cleaning their plumage.

Habitat:

stream

Notes:

of course I brought them some dry bread

Löffelente, Pommernente, Crested duck

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
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they are ALL hybrids with domesticated ducks - you can't really count them as different species
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
I ´ve just learned, that there are like 3 different duck species in this group fotos - so I´ll post them again as different sightings

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PublishedJune 28, 2011

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