Mallard

Mallards are famous for generosity with their DNA, to put it diplomatically. The males readily mate with other duck species,

Bird sex generally is not a romantic affair. Many species do have elaborate and prolonged courtship rituals, but the act

It was late in the afternoon and not much seemed to be happening in the mud flats east of the

Photographer James Kusz spotted and photographed this extraordinary Mallard. It’s a white-breasted brown Mallard. Mallards are known for hybridizing with

Park visitor and contributing photographer Evie Williams captured these beautiful images of a Mallard mom and her trail of chicks

Courtship is a serious business for these Mallards. Male A has got the female to accept his company (and maybe

Mallards form monogamous pairs before the spring breeding season. This pair, dabbling together in the brackish water just below the

Like the proverbial pigs, these Mallards looked at home and happy rooting in the mud at low tide on the

This Mallard drake stood on a rock, quacking occasionally, soaking up the rays. There was nothing special about it. Mallards

My wife laughed in disbelief when I told her that I came back from the park with speculum pictures. She

The heavy rains of the past week came like manna from heaven for the Mallards. Big puddles materialized, and these

This pair of Mallards was working the rip-rap along the north shore of the park, eating the thin hairy seaweed

There used to be a marsh area just north of the picnic site on the west shore of the park.

 There’s a handful of Mallards that stay in the North Basin year round. This morning (9/25) they may have

At first I thought this must be a goose, practically all white as it seemed from a distance.  (See small