Mallards

The northeast United States has been enduring what has seemed like an eternal winter this year, with day after day…

Everyone knows what a male Mallard looks like. The drake of this extremely common, sexually dimorphic species (Anas platyrhynchos) cuts a…

So you’re a bird just minding your own business—feeding, nest-building, mating, that kind of thing. You’ve adapted fairly well to…

What happens when a bunch of Mallards and Manky Mallards invade a CVS? Nothing much, but it is entertaining to…

In the realm of waterfowl, not all that are manky are malign. Many domestic Mallards do indeed offend the eye…

Here is another in a series of posts that celebrates the beauty hidden in plain sight, the astounding in the…

There really isn’t much to say about the Mottled Duck. It is one of several species in the Mallard-complex of…

Beauty can be found in the most commonplace. I was struck the other day by the perfect patterns created by…

Bird blogging is a privilege, in that recounting one’s birding excursions is a lot more fun when an audience actually…

When the American Ornithologists’ Union publishes its annual North American checklist update next month, many birders will be disappointed to…