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Anas platyrhynchos
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.
Dabbling in a small pond fed by a stream. The stream runs through a wooded greenbelt that connect city parks and soil conservation ponds. Mallards are often seen in these ponds.
Spotted on Mar 23, 2014
Submitted on Apr 13, 2014
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