Mallards

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john heinz national wildlife refuge, mallards, photography, postaday

Last Saturday at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, I came too close to some Mallards and they took off flying with a great deal of noise, almost like a series of explosions. First the female.

Female Mallard flying away.

Then the male.

Flying male Mallard.

As I walked on, I found them again after a while, swimming and looking for food as they do most of the time.

Mallard couple.

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Mallards

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Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, mallards, photography, postaday

Early today, six mallards were walking on thin ice, literally, at a partially frozen pond at the Edwin B Forsythe Wildlife Refuge. Suddenty, two of them decided to take off.

Six mallards. If you look carefully on the larger version of this photo, you will see that three of these ducks are banded.

The rest deliberated for about a minute.

Four mallards: shall we? All four of these ducks are banded.

Then they all flew up, one so fast that I could not catch it in the following photo.

Mallards