
Mallard Ducks
Males have a dark, iridescent-green head and a yellow bill. They have a gray body, a brown breast, and a black rear. Females are mottled brown with orange-and-brown bills. Both sexes have a white-bordered, blue patch in the wing. I spotted these ducks in a large, swampy vernal pool.

The mallard or wild duck is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa.
Similar species: Ducks, Geese, Etc.
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Apr 11, 2018. Captured Apr 14, 2017 14:17 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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