mallard

tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 2005 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2005:12:10 08:20:56 Exposure Time: 1/400 F-Number: 7.10 ISO: 200 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: What seems at first regard a completely straightforward identification leads us down a tangled path indeed. Nearly everyone will have…
tags: mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, birds, Image of the Day I have been digging through my image archives in my gmail account and found some real treasures that my readers sent to me. Unfortunately, I overlooked quite a few images that were sent when I was in the hospital and had poor computer access. So let me fix this oversight during the next few weeks; Male mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, coming in for a landing. Orphaned image. [larger view].