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  Mallard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mallard is one of the rare examples of both Allen's Rule and Bergmann's Rule in birds.
The size of the Mallard varies clinally, and birds from Greenland, although larger than birds further south, have smaller bills and are stockier.
Mallards form pairs only until the female lays eggs, at which time she is left by the male.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mallard   (770 words)

  
 MALLARD DUCK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The mallard duck is found mostly in North America and Northern Central America.
Although mallard ducks have been known to live as long as sixteen years of age, most of them only live for one or two years.
Mallards have no defense against humans who are their biggest enemy.
www.k12.de.us /warner/mallard.htm   (341 words)

  
 NatureWorks-Mallard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The female mallard is mottled brown and tan with a white tail and an orange bill.
The female mallard lays eight to ten eggs in a nest on the ground.
The mallard is the ancestor of almost all breeds of domestic ducks.
www.nhptv.org /natureworks/mallard.htm   (421 words)

  
 Domestic mallards in FL
Both Florida’s mottled duck and the mallard are part of a worldwide group of about 20 species of ducks that are so closely related that they collectively are called the "mallard complex." However, when mottled ducks and mallards come in contact during the breeding season they create hybrid offspring that are different from either parent.
The problem with released mallards is that they become feral (domesticated and loose, living free in the wild) and establish breeding populations that, unlike wild mallards, do not migrate north in the spring.
Scientists are already detecting mallard genes in the mottled duck population and are concerned that interbreeding with mallards may lead to the demise of Florida’s mottled duck as a distinct entity.
www.floridaconservation.org /duck/Mallard/Its_the_Law.htm   (1379 words)

  
 The Mallard Duck. Bird Watching Mallard Ducks
The female mallard is a mottled brown with a white tail and the feathers of the inner wing are also purplish-blue.
Distribution - The mallard duck breeds in the north and winters in the south, along coasts.
Mallard ducks are a normally shy creature but do occasionally become tame in city parks and on reservoirs.
www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/mallard.htm   (164 words)

  
 Mallard Place Duck Club - Hunting
Mallard Place was developed out of a passion for waterfowling and a desire to share our waterfowling heritage with others.
Mallard Place’s base location is situated on 58 acres of pristine land bordering over one and one-half miles of the North Sauty Wildlife Refuge in Jackson County Alabama.
Mallard Place is well situated to meet the needs of avid waterfowlers by offering individual membership and corporate membership while also providing hunting opportunities for those that are seeking special hunt trips.
www.mallardplace.com /hunting   (223 words)

  
 Mallard Duck Mobile, garden art, yard art, nature gifts
The Mallard is probably the best-known and readily recognized of all ducks.
The male mallard has shiny green feathers on his head and neck and a purple breast with very curly tail feathers, bright orange feet and a yellow bill while the female is brown and white, has a blue wing patch, a mottled orange and brown bill and orange feet.
Mallards feed by "dabbling" and upending, meaning that they tip their bodies into water, bill first, tail in the air, to forage for food from under the waters surface.
www.flyingmobiles.com /html/mobiles/bd14.htm   (1369 words)

  
 All About Birds
The Mallard is the ancestor of nearly all domestic duck breeds (everything except the Muscovy Duck).
The widespread Mallard has given rise to a number of populations around the world that have changed enough that they could be considered separate species.
The "Mexican Duck" of central Mexico and the extreme southwestern United States and the Hawaiian Duck both are closely related to the Mallard, and in both forms the male is dull like the female.
www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Mallard.html   (360 words)

  
 Mallard Duck
The mallard is a duck species which is widespread throughout the northern hemisphere.
The habitats of mallards are marshlands, ponds, rivers, and the ocean.
Mallards primarily eat seeds of aquatic vegetation but may also eat snails, small insects and fish, and mosquito larvae.
www.mv.com /ipusers/env/duck.html   (232 words)

  
 Hinterland Who's Who - Mallard
Mallards are one of the first ducks to arrive back on the breeding grounds in spring.
The Mallard is a typical member of the surface-feeding group of ducks, known as the dabblers.
Mallards are hardy ducks, wintering regularly in southern Ontario and southern British Columbia.
www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?cid=7&id=54   (1783 words)

  
 Mallard | Nature Notes | Ducks Unlimited Canada
Mallards are one of the first duck species to return to the breeding grounds in the spring, typically arriving as breeding pairs as soon as open water is available.
With the exception of the muscovy duck, the mallard is the predecessor of all domestic ducks.
The mallard’s resilience has resulted in a North American population that has been relatively stable; however, their continued success is dependent on the health of our wetlands and associated habitats, which Ducks Unlimited Canada and our partners are working hard to ensure.
www.ducks.ca /resource/general/naturenotes/mallard.html   (640 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Mallard
Mallards are the most familiar of all ducks and are the ancestor of the domestic duck.
Mallards feed by leaning forward into the water so that their tails stick upwards and their necks stretch down into the water.
Mallards are able to take off from water quite steeply using their wings to push against the surface to help launch them.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3028.shtml   (449 words)

  
 The Life Story of the Mallard | Ducks Unlimited Canada
Commonly called greenheads (drakes), grey ducks (hens) and susies (hens), mallard ducks, with their trademark “quack” call, are one of the most recognized of all the ducks.
Mallards are dabbling ducks, meaning that they do not dive underwater for their food, but feed at or just below the surface.
Mallard duck eggs usually hatch from late April to late May. Under the guidance of their mother, they learn to avoid predators and feed.
www.ducks.ca /resource/general/wetland/mallard.html   (746 words)

  
 NYSite West Side - Mallard Duck
MALLARD DUCK (Anas Platyrhynchos from Latin Anas (duck) and from Greek Platys (broad or flat) and rynchos (beak).) "Mallard" relates to maleness from Old French "Wild drake" from masle: male.
NESTING AND BREEDING: In March and April the Mallard begins its migration northward towards its breeding grounds, which are typically in the numerous lakes of the prairie provinces of Canada or northern United States.
Mallards are primarily vegetarians who eat various seeds including corn, wheat, barley, bulrushes, wild rice, primrose, willow, seeds of water elm, oak, hackberry and other trees of swamps or river bottoms.
www.nysite.com /nature/fauna/mallard.htm   (672 words)

  
 Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Anas platyrhynchos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mallards begin to find mates as early as August prior to the breeding season, with most birds being paired by early January.
The Mallard is a resident in the northern United States all year, and is a winter resident in the South.
Mallards are a game species in the United States, and hunting contributes to the mortality of this species.
museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/birds/anseriformes/aplatyrhynchos.html   (463 words)

  
 Mallard - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The mallard is a large and heavy looking duck.
Mallards in the UK may be resident breeders or migrants — many of the birds that breed in Iceland and northern Europe spend the winter here.
It is the commonest duck and most widespread so you have a chance of seeing it just about anywhere where there is suitable wetland habitat, even in urban areas.
www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/m/mallard/index.asp   (232 words)

  
 Harteman Wildfowl - Mallard duck
The Mallard is, without a doubt, the world's most popular duck, familiar to even those who are not aviculturists or birders.
The Mallard is, perhaps the easiest duck to propagate in captivity.
Mallards will cross with just about every member of the genus Anas, and will even do so in the wild, hybrids with Pintail are commonly seen.
www.harteman.nl /omnibus/anseriformes/ducks/mallard.html   (587 words)

  
 Mallard Duck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The mallard duck is known as one of the most beautiful kinds of ducks.
A male mallard has white and brown feathers on his body.His head is bright green with a yellow beak.The female mallard has brown and fl feathers on her bodies and head.Both males and females have a little bit of blue on their sides.
Mallard ducks like to make their nests on the ground under thick plants.
www.wm.edu /act2online/Magruder/Kislek/Pond/duck.htm   (89 words)

  
 Brandywine Zoo - Animals in the Zoo - Mallard Duck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mallards mature quickly and may breed before 12 months of age.
Ducks are very gregarious and travel in large numbers.
The male mallards molt earlier than females but all occur in late spring or early summer.
www.brandywinezoo.org /mallard.html   (220 words)

  
 mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mallards in New Zealand were derived from both European and American stock.
Mallards have now become the most numerous of all water birds and are widely distributed from town ponds to outlying islands.
The birds are legally harvested in May during the duck shooting season, with the take controlled by daily bag limits for licensed hunters.
www.nzbirds.com /birds/mallard.html   (328 words)

  
 Mallard Duck [Anas platyrhynchos] Links
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos The male is very colourful, it has a green head, brown breast, back and wings which also have a blue mirror being a characteristic of ducks.
Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) A migratory waterfowl in the Imperial Valley.
Mallard Duck The Mallard is not a current member of the Philadelphia Zoo's resident duck population.
raysweb.net /specialplaces/pages/mallardlinks.html   (1262 words)

  
 Welcome to the City of Mallard
The Mallard Duck was originally started as a parade float for the Mallard Community Club.
Keeping in mind that the Duck portions would have to be big enough for a person to ride inside it for moving the beak and head.
On July 26, 2004, the Mallard Duck was taken down to begin the restoration process.
www.mallardiowa.com /duck-project.htm   (414 words)

  
 Mallard Duck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mallards are commonly seen at Kaweah Oaks Preserve when water in running in the canals.
The male Mallard has a really pretty head that is green with a bright yellow beak.
The mallard duck can measure up to as much as 27 inches in length and weigh as much as 3 pounds.
kaweahoaks.com /html/duck_mallard2.html   (143 words)

  
 Mallard duck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mallard is undoubtably the recognized aquatic birds of the world.
Mallards consumes an ample variety of foods, including the vegetation, of insects, worms, gastrópodos and artrópodos, although they are not restricted to these.
Mallards is the most abundant and extensive one of all the aquatic birds; million every year are harvested by the hunters with little effect on their numbers.
ducks.porncross.com /mallard-duck.htm   (877 words)

  
 Mallard Duck Male - Whatbird.com
Mallard Duck Male: Medium-sized dabbling duck with gray body and chestnut-brown breast.
Mallard Duck Male: Breeds from Alaska and Quebec south to southern California, Virginia, Texas, and northern Mexico.
● Foraging and Feeding: Mallard Duck Male: Dabbles in shallow freshwater for vegetation, insects, mollusks, and crustaceans.
identify.whatbird.com /obj/87/_/Mallard_Duck_Male.aspx   (688 words)

  
 Drake mallard duck Stock Image Photos. 12 Drake mallard duck images and photography available to buy from over 50 stock ...
drake mallard duck in a pond (Anas Platyrhynchos)
Mallard duck drake dropping in, vertical view, North...
Mallard duck drake in flight, North America, (View from...
www.fotosearch.com /photos-images/drake-mallard-duck.html   (131 words)

  
 Mallard Duck Female - Whatbird.com
Mallard Duck Female: Medium-sized dabbling duck with mottled brown body and mostly white tail, has a brown-saddled orange bill, and no curled tail feathers.
Mallard Duck Female: Breeds from Alaska and Quebec south to southern California, Virginia, Texas, and northern Mexico.
● Breeding and nesting: Mallard Duck Female: Eight to ten pale olive-green eggs are laid in a down-lined nest, usually built on the ground, sometimes far from water; occasionally nests in trees.
identify.whatbird.com /obj/86/_/Mallard_Duck_Female.aspx   (682 words)

  
 Duck Calls & Goose Calls by Bernie Boyle World Championship Calls
Mallard Mauler duck calls are a product of Bernie Boyle, 2002 and 2004 World Duck Calling Champion.
Mallard Mauler duck calls are an Arkansas style call, available in either single or double reed, and are hand tuned by Bernie Boyle.
Our duck and goose calls are available in acrylics, cocobola, and diamond woods.
www.mallardmauler.com   (143 words)

  
 Mallard Duck
The mallard duck usually travels with flocks of birds and aren't usually found through a breeder.
The mallards are found mostly in North America and Northern Central America.
Hunters are sure to have a duck hunting picture, whereas breeders usually offer a chick photo.
www.duck-birds.com /mallard-duck.html   (182 words)

  
 Waterbirds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Hawaiian Duck, or Koloa-maoli, resembles the dark female Mallard duck.
Apparently, the reasons for this decline are excessive hunting, draining, and altering of wetlands, and the predation of wild cats, rats, and pigs.
It is closely related to the Koloa or Hawaiian Duck and poses a great threat to the Hawaiian Duck because of hybridization.
www2.hawaii.edu /~ashea/env/birds.html   (739 words)

  
 Quacking Duck -- Club Mallard Vignette
To the left was a fairly large room with a couple of pool tables and the local crowd hustling pool-mostly male, hmmm.
Unfortunately, I didn't notice anything duck but, admittedly, I was distracted.
And finally, we glided out of the Mallard into the cool darkness and that's when I saw it in the parking lot: the big, old, boxy British taxicab with the original yellow English license plate: "MALLARD".
www.quackingduck.net /vignettes/clubmallard.htm   (361 words)

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