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Published: 2018-07-13 16:18:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 296; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 0
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Description
Male Mallard Duck
Some Facts about the Mallards;
Mallards are dabbling, or surface-feeding, ducks because they eat by tipping underwater for food—head down, feet and tail in the air—rather than diving. Mallards also forage and graze for food on land.
One of the first ducks to return to breeding grounds in spring; arrive in breeding pairs as soon as open water is available.
Hen lays one egg a day for a full nest of 8-12 eggs often near the site where she herself hatched.
Diet: Wetland vegetation, seeds, mollusks, crustaceans, insects and larvae.
Twice a year, mallards molt, or shed, their flight feathers, temporarily grounding the birds for several weeks until the feathers grow back.
Mallards are highly adaptive to varied environments and human activity. Nesting takes place in urban settings including backyards. Their wide range and abundance is attributed to this adaptability.
