Male Mallard Duck - Anas platyrhynchos
I've never been a fan of the name 'common' when applied to an animal and while having a short time out sitting at the water's edge by one of my local lakes a male mallard duck decided to sit next to me just as I was thinking about how sparce and empty my lakes had become with the lack of wildfowl due probably to the outbreak of bird flu we are having at the moment. I couldn't help but admire this male's plumage with those colour's and that iridescent blue glistening in the afternoon sun when I thought to my self that the mallard duck is far from looking common but stunning and such a very underrated looking bird.
Male Mallard Duck - Anas platyrhynchos
I've never been a fan of the name 'common' when applied to an animal and while having a short time out sitting at the water's edge by one of my local lakes a male mallard duck decided to sit next to me just as I was thinking about how sparce and empty my lakes had become with the lack of wildfowl due probably to the outbreak of bird flu we are having at the moment. I couldn't help but admire this male's plumage with those colour's and that iridescent blue glistening in the afternoon sun when I thought to my self that the mallard duck is far from looking common but stunning and such a very underrated looking bird.