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  1. Where's my Mum?

    Where's my Mum?

    A mallard duckling that was looking for its parent.
    • Keith Dickinson
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos duckling mallard nosterfield local nature reserve
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. Mallard

    Mallard

    Abundant and widespread across the northern hemisphere, this is a female with a newly hatched brood. Waterfowl chicks are precocial, covered with down feathers, eyes open and feeding themselves immediately after hatching. Most birds have altricial young, hatched blind, naked, totally helpless...
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos california mallard usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  3. Up the creek

    Up the creek

    This lovely lady mallard made fast progress against the current. I was impressed!
  4. Mallard

    Mallard

    • BenjiS
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos canon eos 7d mallard
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Mallard

    Mallard

    • BenjiS
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos canon eos 7d mallard
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Mallard in snow

    Mallard in snow

    They don't seem to mind the cold or the snow. Ice, however, can be a mobility issue for them. I got a silly little video of Wigeons and Crows skidding about on the ice when it got even colder and the river froze.
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos mallard
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. mallards.jpg

    mallards.jpg

    Early morning walk with the baby Labrador down at the local pond. I spotted this couple in the sun and had to take their portrait.
    • Fowl Mouth
    • Media item
    • canon 400 do canon r7 mallard
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  8. Thirsty work

    Thirsty work

    Mallard duck having a drink
    • PerryProductions
    • Media item
    • duck flood garden mallard
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. P

    Hello!

    Hi everyone I am new to the group and enjoy taking wildlife photos including birds. Here’s a link to a few of my photos. I’d love to see yours. https://perryproductions.picfair.com/albums/50395-wild-birds https://www.instagram.com/perryproductions_photography?igsh=b3dheXlyNmM1NW40&utm_source=qr
  10. Poor mallard

    Poor mallard

    I took this photo of a flying duck yesterday morning; much to my dismay it turned out to be badly injured. Based on the bite to the wing, I would say it was a coyote or a dog. Odds are pretty good that it was mauled by someone's pet.
    • MelospizaMelodiaFan
    • Media item
    • injured mallard
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  11. Rather monotone

    Rather monotone

    The colour of the water didn't really strike me at the time, I just thought it was nice looking at the two Mallard swimming across the loch. End of November did seem rather early to be pairing up though LOL
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2023 anas platyrhynchos angus kinnordy rspb reserve kirriemuir mallard mallard male and female nikon coolpix p900 november scotland
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. Team Mallard

    Team Mallard

    A team water landing. I like how they splash forwards and backwards.
    • MelospizaMelodiaFan
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos mallard
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: North America
  13. Mallards

    Mallards

    Coming in for landing
  14. Common and neglected.....Mallard

    Common and neglected.....Mallard

    Autumn colours in a lake
    • Digiscoper321
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    • anas platyrhynchos mallard west sweden
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. Mallard

    Mallard

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos mallard west sweden
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  16. Still before breakfast

    Still before breakfast

    Also out for a wander was a female Mallard with her two ducklings. Still very young too.
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 anas platyrhynchos australia mallard mannum nikon coolpix p900 november south australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Wood_Duck_and_Mallard.jpg

    Wood_Duck_and_Mallard.jpg

    Male Wood Duck dating female Mallard (since no female Wood Ducks around anyway!)
    • WRL
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    • aix sponsa anas platyrhynchos mallard wood duck
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  18. I´am walking ...

    I´am walking ...

    The almost transparent dot, not a dust spot, at the tip of its beak, is called "nail". https://www.bird.bot/post/duck-bill#:~:text=The%20nail%20is%20a%20small%20bump%20on%20the,or%20shape%20that%20can%20help%20identify%20the%20duck. In adult males is it black. Females show a dark grey nail.
    • jbpixels
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos mallard munich
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  19. Having a wander

    Having a wander

    I made the long journey down to stay with my brother and his wife in South Wales (we were going to my nephew's wedding in Sussex as part of my trip). Anyway, close beside my brother's house is the Brecon Canal and I did a short walk along it one day. There was a family of Mallards who'd come...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2023 abergavenny anas platyrhynchos govilon june mallard monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 wales
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. Mallard chicks (Anas platyrhynchos)

    Mallard chicks (Anas platyrhynchos)

    A brood of Mallard chicks (Anas platyrhynchos) just come out of the nest in the woods and are accompanied by their mother in the water with care and then disappear into a dense and hidden point on the shore !!!
    • Ornitomania
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    • anas platyrhynchos anas platyrhynchos chicks anas platyrhynchos mallard anatroccoli ducklings ducklings cute mallard cross germano germano reale mallard mallard chicks mallard chicks family video
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  21. Mallard Meme

    Mallard Meme

    I was trying to explain why I couldn't share my sandwich with him (white bread). He had a hard time grasping the concept of carbohydrates.
    • gsimonel
    • Media item
    • mallard meme
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  22. Daddy Drake-Mallard

    Daddy Drake-Mallard

    Daughter spotted this wary drake near the Mississippi River.
    • Ozprey1
    • Media item
    • coon rapids drake mallard minnesota usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  23. Mallards Mating

    Mallards Mating

    I'm sure he's got a smile on his face!
    • kennyok
    • Media item
    • mallard
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. Duckling

    Duckling

    First brood there: After three days all nine ducklings predated. This brood: Seven of eleven are already taken.
    • jbpixels
    • Media item
    • anas platyrhynchos mallard munich wild duck
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  25. A male multi-tasking????

    A male multi-tasking????

    My friend and I spent an extended lunch break at my old patch "Up the Hill" on Sunday, quite a bit to be seen but this was a record shot taken through the windscreen of a couple of Mallards. It wasn't until I downloaded the pictures that I realised one was scratching his neck. A bit of...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 anas platyrhynchos april blairgowrie drimmie mallard nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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