anas platyrhynchos

Even the drab and ordinary female Mallards are quite beautiful birds, deserving of a post now and then.

Canard colvert - Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard

Erupted from a ditch by the track and flew left into the sun - could have turned right which would have made it much easier

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos subsp. platyrhynchos) Species sexually dimorphic, two drakes. Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Grayson County, Texas, USA. The refuge is on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma which is formed by the damming of the Red River. An intermixing of Blackland Prairie and...

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos subsp. platyrhynchos) Species sexually dimorphic, male. Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Grayson County, Texas, USA. The refuge is on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma which is formed by the damming of the Red River. An intermixing of Blackland Prairie and Cross...

This little fellow followed me along the Bridgewater Canal in Lymm. Seemed like he was all alone, but he looked healthy enough and was cheeky enough so I think he was okay ;-) I know it's a 'cute' shot, but hey they ARE cute ha ha

Couldn't help but take this cute shot of a female Mallard and her ducklings at Carr Mill Dam St. Helens on Merseyside.

Taken earlier this year, a female with young one.

Taken at Ipsley Pool, Redditch. A young male, one of this year's brood, just developing it's adult head colour.

The Mallard was having a calm evening time in the pond.

The Female having a leisurely time during the evening hours.

I was on a short trip to Japan and visited few ponds in the city of Tokyo. I got some close shots of Mallards. This Male had the entire pond to itself and its female companion ;)

Another Hybrid Mallard. Apparently a female, no curled tail feathers.