Shaking Off

Water droplets being shaken off after a little bath...

The Pekin or White Pekin is an American breed of domestic duck, raised primarily for meat. It derives from birds brought to the United States from China in the nineteenth century, and is now bred in many countries, and in all continents. It is a distinct and separate breed from the German Pekin, which derives from the same Chinese stock but has different breeding, and so is often known as the American Pekin. Many of these ducks were reared on Long Island, New York, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, from which the breed derived its name Long Island Duck.