Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait…
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
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Mallard: Have you seen this bird?
Mallard (duck)
The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck.
The Mallard breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 15-16 inches Wingspan: 36 inches
• Large dabbling duck
• Blue speculum with white bar along both leading and trailing edges
• Silvery-white wing linings
• Juvenile similar to adult female
Adult male alternate:
• Alternate plumage worn from fall through early summer
• Gray back, yellow bill, green head
• White ring around neck
• Chestnut breast
• Gray flanks and upperwing coverts
• Black undertail coverts contrast with white tail
Adult male basic:
• Similar to adult female, but usually with chestnut breast and an unmarked yellowish bill
Adult female:
• Orange bill with black central patch
• Pale brown face
• Dark cap and eye line
• Mottled brown and tan plumage
Similar species:
Adult male in alternate plumage is unmistakable. Females, immature and eclipse-plumage males could be confused with Black Ducks, Gadwalls and Mottled Ducks, but note the blue speculum with white borders on both sides.
It is strongly migratory in the northern parts of its breeding range, and winters farther south.
The Mallard is the ancestor of all domestic ducks, except the few breeds derived from the unrelated Muscovy Duck.
A noisy species, the male has a nasal call, the female has a “quack” stereotypically associated with ducks.
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When I see a bird that walks like a duck…
When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.
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This black bird has long been valued as a game bird. It flys pretty fast so it can be a mild challenge. Although this is a species of least concern, it is slowly declining due to overhunting and habitat destruction.
Their breeding habitat is ponds, lakes, rivers, marshes and other water environments in eastern Canada, the Great Lakes, and the Adirondacks in the U.S. These birds interbreed regularly and extensively with Mallards, to which they are closely related.
This species is partially migratory and many winter in the east-central United States, especially coastal areas; some remain year-round in the Great Lakes region. These birds feed by dabbling in shallow water, and grazing on land. They mainly eat plants, but also some molluscs and aquatic insects. The eggs are a greenish buff color. They lay from 6-14 eggs, and hatch in an average of one month.
When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.
By James Whitcomb Riley or Richard C. Cushing?
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If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, I would call it a duck.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
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A bunch of lame ducks
A bunch of lame ducks
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A bunch of lame ducks
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A lame duck president
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A lame duck president
A real good example of this was President G.W.Bush in his last few months of office. He was really a lame duck in every sense of the word. The country was going to pot and he apparently did nothing. That was lame duck president to the extreme!
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