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Anas platyrhynchos
The female Mallard is a mottled light brown, like most female dabbling ducks, and has buff cheeks, eyebrow, throat and neck with a darker crown and eye-stripe. The nesting period can be very stressful for the female since she lays more than half her body weight in eggs. She requires a lot of rest and a feeding/loafing area that is safe from predators. When seeking out a suitable nesting site, the female's preferences are areas that are well concealed, inaccessible to ground predators, or have few predators nearby.
This duck lives in wetlands of the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and it has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia.
Seen at Lake Geneva
Spotted on Mar 7, 2012
Submitted on Mar 19, 2012
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lovely!