Alaskan Mallard Chicks
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Owner:
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liquidearth
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Released:
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Monday, April 27, 2015
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Origin:
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Alaska, United States
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Unknown Location
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To grow up on the flyways of the world and travel with as many geocachers who will take us on their journies!! Thanks for taking care of us everybody!
- The Mallard is the most common duck found in all flyways.
- The males, or drakes, are also called "Greenheads".
- Main wintering area is the lower Mississippi basin, and along the gulf coast, but many say as far north as open waters permit.
- Flocks often feed in early morning and late afternoon in nearby haravested fields, returning to marshes and creeks to spend the night.
- Flight is not particularly rapid.
- Hens have a loud "QUACK".
- Drake is a low-pitched "kwek-kwek".
- 20-23" (51-58.5xn)
- Male: Glossy green head, mahogany breast, narrow white collar, yellow bill, orange legs and feet, gray sides
- Female: difficult to distinguish from Black Duck, but mallard has white on both sides of speculum
- Nest: Cup of leaves and grass on ground, lined with down
- Eggs: 5-14, greenish white
- Dabbling duck
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