Mallards
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard drakes on Greenwood Lake in New York
Photo courtesy of Lou Gonzales-McLean
The wild Mallard is the ancestor of all of our domestic ducks with the exception of the Muscovy.
If you find a Mallard's nest on your property and don't see the mother on the eggs, don't necessarily worry. Ducks lay an egg every day or two until they have a full clutch (usually 8 to 15); only then will the mother start to sit on them. It takes the eggs 28 days to hatch from when she starts sitting all the time. When they hatch, she will soon lead them to a nearby body of water. The father takes no part in caring for the eggs or young.
Mallard Links:
The Story of Robert: The Central Park Duck
Now that is a green head!
Photo courtesy of Romain Kang
A wild Mallard drake
Photo courtesy of Beth Upton
A wild Mallard hen
Photo courtesy of Beth Upton
A Mallard pair up-ended
Photo courtesy of Carol Kelly
Mallard drake
Photo copyright Romain Kang
Mallard hen with 2 ducklings
Photo courtesy of Justin Kalvoda
Young Mallard females
Photo courtesy of Cody Everett
A juvenile male
Photo courtesy of Tommy Green & Seth Jensen
Another Mallard drake
Photo courtesy of Julie Hendricks
A Mallard hen with an itch
Photo courtesy of Carol Kelly
Mallard females: Apricot Snowy and Snowy
Photos courtesy of Daniel Sörensen
A Mallard hen on a new brood
Photo courtesy of Jim Kavanagh
A pair of Snowy Mallards, one of the domestic
varieties
Photo courtesy of Josh Hoffman
White Mallards, another domestic variety
Photos courtesy of Stephanie Kuhn
A White Mallard hen
Photo courtesy of Daniel Sörensen
Various domestic Mallard colors
Photos courtesy of Daniel Sörensen
Snowy Apricot and Apricot Mallard ducks and a Blue Khaki drake from Sweden
Photos courtesy of Daniel Sörensen
A Reserve Champion Mallard hen
Photo courtesy of Cody Everett
One-week-old wild Mallards, including a natural sport
Photo courtesy of Scott Wong
Two pictures of the above brood at 8 weeks
Photos courtesy of Scott Wong
Juvenile Mallards "logging in"
Photo copyright Romain Kang
The head of a Mallard drake
Photo courtesy of Baudewyn Meersseman
A Snowy Mallard drake going somewhere
Photo courtesy of Daniel Sörensen
Mallards -- incoming!
Photo courtesy of Tommy Green
Hybrids
A Ruddy Shelduck X Mallard hybrid Mallard ducklings More Mallard ducklings Three-day-old Mallards A four-day-old Mallard duckling
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Direct questions and comments to Barry at FeatherSite -- questions and comments
Photo courtesy of Dirk Fussbahn
Photo courtesy of Patricia A. Sheley
Photo courtesy of Robin Dickmann
Photo courtesy of Justin Williams
Photo courtesy of Scott Wong
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