This interesting odd couple are very dedicated to each other. This is a male wild Mallard and his friend, the distantly related domestic duck, known […]
Mute Swan – Nest 2014 Update 5: Two
NOTE: This post is part of a continuing series of observations: [ First | << Prev | Next >> ] The swans were away from […]
Mallard – Intersex
This is a photograph of an intersex Mallard. In this case, we have a female duck which is also displaying some secondary gender traits of […]
Mallard – On Patrol
This pair of Mallards was observed in early March. The male and female were seen as they made their way through a suburban Beaver pond. […]
College Street In Person
Dateline – January 8, 2014 This cool January morning was not the kind of day I usually set aside for a hike in the woods. […]
Prairie Creek Past and Present
Dateline – December 28, 2014 This journal entry will be a kind of personal voyage back in time for me. I’ll be going back to […]
Mallard – Desolate
I found these Mallards (a male and female) swimming in this alien-looking and desolate pondscape on a warm afternoon in December. This is odd scene […]
Mallard – Family
A mother Mallard and her nearly grown ducklings on a pond in McInnish Park in Carrollton, Texas. Duckling mortality can be high among Mallards. This […]
Mallard – Peaceful Pond
Mallards congregating peacefully in one of our neighborhood Beaver ponds. Observations Details County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – Oct 31, 2011 Time of […]
Mallard – At Summer’s End
Families of Mallards engaged in their duck business in and around Woodlake Pond in Carrollton, Texas. As the long hot summer draws to a close […]
Mallard – Sentinel
A saw this strange apparition in the middle of a field of Smartweed at Lake Ray Hubbard in Garland, Texas. The ground at this spot […]
Mallard – A Few Weeks Later
Almost every spring Mallards wander our neighborhood. Sometimes they travel in pairs and sometime in groups of three. They waddle up and down the sidewalks […]