Cycroft Photography: Mallard and friend
Art • December 2010 • Views: 725
Photos here: cycroft-photography.blogspot.com
The following photos are of a Mallard drake (Anas Platyrhynchos) and a domestic duck that seems to have joined the flock of wild birds. Almost all varieties of domesticated ducks are descended from the Mallard, apart from the Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata), so it’s not so unusual for a domesticated duck to return to the wild and join it’s free-roaming relatives.