Mallard [December; Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico]
DCIM\101GOPRO
Hen Mallards must be cryptically colored to avoid detection when on the nest incubating eggs [September; Rock Pond, UMD, Duluth, Minnesota]
Long exposure with a tungsten hue of Mallards at minus 12 [December; Duluth, Minnesota]
Rock Pond, UMD campus, Duluth, Minnesota
Drake Mallards are often taken for granted because they are so common, but they are gorgeous birds [January; Corner of the Lake, Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota]
Pair of male Mallards [May; Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]
A drake Mallard takes off [September; Rock Pond, UMD, Duluth, Minnesota]
Mallard [September; Rock Pond, UMD, Duluth, MInnesota]
Mallards at minus 12 [December; Corner of the Lake, Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota]
Some ducks overwinter on Lake Superior until ice forms. These sleeping Mallards made for an interesting silhouette at sunrise [January; Duluth, Minnesota]