Fauna: The Mallard Duck

The Mallard Duck, also known as Anas platyrhynchos, breeds throughout North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. In the winter months they will migrate south of these countries for the warmth. The Mallads live mostly in overgrown ponds, lakes, pools, and slow flowing rivers. The duck usually feeds by dabbling, to splash liquid gently and playfully. for plants or grasses, strangely Mallards even eat frogs.
Most Mallard Ducks can vary from 56 to 65 cm long, have a wingspan of 81 to 98 cm, and weigh up to seven or eight pounds. The male and the female Mallard Ducks do not look alike. The male has a green head, black rear end, purple chest, and a yellow bill with a black tip. The female has a light brown colored body, like most dabbling ducks, because most females have a different color than the male. Dabbling Ducks are various ducks, chiefly of the genus Anas, that feed by dabbling in shallow water and are favored as game birds. However, the similarities between these two ducks are that they both have distinctive purple wings edged with white tips.
Mallard ducks normally nest on the ground close to the water, but other times in trees. The female will usually lay 8 to 13 eggs, that are incubated for 27 to 28 days. When duckling hatch they can immediatley swim and feed themsevles. The ducklings will usually turn to their mother for protection, just incase a predator come along. When Mallard ducks mate, most of the time the male will leave the female and find another. The Mallard duck is a very beautiful duck with unique colors and distinctive features. The two together deffinatly treat each other much more different, than humans treat each other.