The northeast United States has been enduring what has seemed like an eternal winter this year, with day after day of unseasonably cool temperatures...
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...
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...
What happens when a bunch of Mallards and Manky Mallards invade a CVS? Nothing much, but it is entertaining to see a bunch of...
In the realm of waterfowl, not all that are manky are malign. Many domestic Mallards do indeed offend the eye with their mutant messiness,...
Here is another in a series of posts that celebrates the beauty hidden in plain sight, the astounding in the ordinary. Our subject today...
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...
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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