Mallard

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

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]

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]