Mandarin Duck

Aix galericulata

Habitat:

Prospect Park Greenbelt

Notes:

I found this Mandarin Duck at a pond surrounded by Mallards and Canada Geese...must be a stray from somewhere because Colorado is not his native range!! He sure is a beauty, but probably is lonely...I didn't see a female anywhere!! There are introduced populations in different places around the world, but I had never seen one here in Colorado.

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57 Comments (1–25)

chesterbperry 11 years ago

Hard to imagine the ladies not flocking to that handsome fella.

ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks, matimar...I am aware there are mallards in the mix, but this is a spotting for the Mandarin Duck. I have a separate spotting of the mallard. Thanks for the comment!

ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks Daniel! (belatedly)

DanielHernández 11 years ago

Beautiful bird

ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks Luis and Donna!!

DonnaPomeroy 11 years ago

Congratulations on your Spotting of the Day!

LuisStevens 11 years ago

Beautiful bird, congrats Christy.

ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks so much Captain!!

Captain Nature 11 years ago

GREAT SPOTTING!!!

ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thank you everyone!!!

FrancisQuintana 11 years ago

Congrats!

Josh Asel 11 years ago

nice congrats

Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Congrats Christy...

NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Congratulations Christy !!

Adam Braz tb2 11 years ago

Congratulations Christy nice spotting!

ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thank you so much, nexttogone!

ChristyHolland 11 years ago

Thanks, Lisa! I feel sorry for him too...I e-mailed our zoo to see if they had any ideas...I've yet to hear anything back.

nexttogone 11 years ago

Congratulations! This is an amazing series!

LisaPowers 11 years ago

Congratulations Christy on your SOTD! Nicely done! These ducks are often kept by zoos, parks and farms here in the U.S. So sorry he does not have a mate though.