The northeast United States has been enduring what has seemed like an eternal winter this year, with day after day of unseasonably cool temperatures...
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Everyone knows what a male Mallard looks like. The drake of this extremely common, sexually dimorphic species (Anas platyrhynchos) cuts a fine form with his...
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So you’re a bird just minding your own business—feeding, nest-building, mating, that kind of thing. You’ve adapted fairly well to the presence of the...
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What happens when a bunch of Mallards and Manky Mallards invade a CVS? Nothing much, but it is entertaining to see a bunch of...
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In the realm of waterfowl, not all that are manky are malign. Many domestic Mallards do indeed offend the eye with their mutant messiness,...
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Here is another in a series of posts that celebrates the beauty hidden in plain sight, the astounding in the ordinary. Our subject today...
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There really isn’t much to say about the Mottled Duck. It is one of several species in the Mallard-complex of ducks, along with American...
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Beauty can be found in the most commonplace. I was struck the other day by the perfect patterns created by a preening Mallard. Appreciation...
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