Just a common duck

If you don’t know anything about birds, or ducks for that matter, you still would recognize a Mallard Duck (Anas Platyrhynchos). Maybe not by the name but this is what we all know as “a duck”. There are so many to be seen. Every pond or local little lake in every village, town or city has them as their inhabitants.

But in this blog I will show you that although they may be very common, they are actually quite beautiful.

Their ducklings are very cute and they are looked after by the mother; the father doesn’t bother too much.

He will however loose his bright colours after the breeding season and adopt the “ladies colours”. This is where a drake becomes a drag queen.

 

Normally they are very tame and you can approach them quite easily. They simply wait for you to feed them. A nice activity with children. There is not much more I can add, other than to show some more pictures of this very common but beautiful duck. More information can be found on the WiKi-page.