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Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Male Mallards have a dark, iridescent-green head and bright yellow bill. The gray body is sandwiched between a brown breast and black rear. Females and juveniles are mottled brown with orange-and-brown bills. Both sexes have a white-bordered, blue “speculum” patch in the wing.
On a small pond in a new housing development.
Spotted on Apr 8, 2014
Submitted on Apr 14, 2014
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