This is a mallard drake. It is one of the largest ducks in North America. It also is one of the most beautiful with its fabulous green head.
That is to say, the first drake (male) duck. With his iridescent green head and yellow bill ... point — the impact of human actions on the mallard’s biology. Until the early 1900s, for ...
The plumage of an adult male mallard is absolutely spectacular. An iridescent metallic-green head that can shift from green to blue in the proper light would itself be enough to qualify the duck as ...