Unusual couple
Aug 24, 2019 07:58:27 #
Aug 24, 2019 08:14:55 #
Aug 24, 2019 08:34:29 #
TnGrandma wrote:
He's a mallard and she isn't.
Fortunately for many nowadays, that does not matter!
Mark
Aug 24, 2019 09:25:32 #
TnGrandma wrote:
He's a mallard and she isn't.
Actually, she might be. She is most probably a "domestic" duck, a white Mallard. Remember many people eat Duck, especially in Asia. Many domestic, pet, laboratory, or farm animals are solid white. Lab Rats, White Pigeons, White Doves, Chickens, Turkey, Peafowl, Cats, Goats, Lab Mice. To mention but a few. Differing from their normal brethren's coloration. Solid colored animals are usually mutations that people may like the looks of and intentionally breed. In the wild solid colors usually provide little or no camouflage from predators. Or in the case of birds attractive coloration to a possible mate. - Comments from the biologist
Aug 24, 2019 13:13:46 #
Go to just about any park with water where the Mallards are semi-tame and look at all the mixes. Based on that evidence I would say Mallards will breed with just about anything with feathers.
Aug 24, 2019 14:13:46 #
robertjerl wrote:
Go to just about any park with water where the Mallards are semi-tame and look at all the mixes. Based on that evidence I would say Mallards will breed with just about anything with feathers.
I have a few friends who are like that!
Mark
Aug 25, 2019 08:51:07 #
Aug 25, 2019 09:59:06 #
Aug 25, 2019 13:28:56 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
TnGrandma wrote:
He's a mallard and she isn't.
A lot of strange couples in this world anymore!
Aug 25, 2019 13:49:25 #
Good shots, really like the reflections.
This is probably more than anyone wants to know, but:
Mallards will cross breed with anything that will hold still long enough. In this case the Mallard and the Peking Duck are closely enough related that breeding is almost always successful.
This is probably more than anyone wants to know, but:
Mallards will cross breed with anything that will hold still long enough. In this case the Mallard and the Peking Duck are closely enough related that breeding is almost always successful.
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