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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
The British Columbia mallard is
often found in many of the vast lakes and ponds throughout the mainland
of British Columbia and on Vancouver Island. The west coast mallard
is an adaptable duck as it is comfortable in fresh and salt water showing
a preference for the fresh water lakes and rivers.
The male mallard does not dive for
food as many assume, but the duck skims the surface of the water collected
insects and larvae with plates located on the inner side of their bills.
think of it as the same concept as Baleen Whales when they are busy
feeding on plankton.
Although they do not dive, they do go upside down
in shallow water in order for them to have the position necessary for
scraping the mud up from the bottom of the lake which contains microscopic
organisms. A funny sight, the ducks butt in the air, feet paddling away
maintaining a downward motion. If they could only talk, the stories
we would hear.
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