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Anas platyrhynchos
The mallard ducklings from my previous spotting have left the fledgling period and are now juveniles. With a black and orange bill, brown breast feathers and straight tail feathers, it looks to me like this one is a female. Spotted coming out of the water still covered with aquatic plants...
Wetlands. Temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa; introduced to New Zealand and Australia.
Previous spotting is at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/641... Found on a pond 1300m high. Mallards are found up to an altitude of 2000m.
Lat: 46.51, Long: 6.95
Spotted on Jun 27, 2011
Submitted on Jul 1, 2011
3 Comments
Judging from the Supercillium, it does look like a female.
i feel that it is more challenging for the ducklings than it is for the Goslings. The Mallard ducklings are so tiny.
Most of the ducklings that I have seen have developed a female plumage.
Thank you Ashley13!
Wow, I really like this picture.