anas platyrhynchos

Firs there were 3 in the frame, then 2 then 1. This is my favourite.

Some prefer to use a snowblower rather than shoveling. Expensive equipment, though. This Mallard seems either to have misunderstood the concept or to have opted for the super-low-budget version.

That's one way to clear away snow - shovel it.

On my latest browse round I was particularly drawn to a number of photos with a partially "spot-lighted" bird in dark surroundings, so I decided to pick one in that vein for my third post today.

it doesn't live up to the visuals.

Just a slightly different angle.

Not really funny this one either. The poor Mallard was struggling to get to the bank where I was tossing out bird seeds. In some spots there was shallow water with ice beneath, not really deep enough for swimming and almost too slippery to use his feet and definitely not a long enough stretch to...

What snow? Why are you handing me that napkin? Sorry I'm late with my Saturday Fun shot this weekend. I tried to upload it earlier, but something kept going wrong. So I resized via a different route and now it seems to be working. Anyhooo ... This was taken Friday on my final round of the...

Today's set is about unusual colors. I'm not sure whether there's a name for this coloration of Mallard (f). She's neither leucistic nor melanistic, but she sure is different. She's sort of honey-colored (dark, heather honey, that is) with primaries shading over to pale beige and coffee-brown...

Green-winged Teal vs Mallard - about 3 to 1 in terms of total body mass.

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.