Mallard males have been run off by the white duck...
A woman who was closer to the scene told me that the white duck was mating with one of the grey ducks... and how long did I think they could hold their breath under water?
He would use his bill to grab her neck every once in a while and pull her nostrils out of the water for a second.
This went on for several minutes. And I just took a few pictures, and stared dumbfounded.
Then finally she was up and able to swim away...toward the Mallards. But she wasn't exactly of that species either.
And the next day as I walked by, there's that little dark female next to her mate. They should have some interesting looking ducklings, if he lets her raise them at all. He seemed a bit aggressive.
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Thanks Jerry...and I'll come see your site too!
DeleteThis is very interesting. That's pretty unusual to have cross-species mating I would think. You have caught a great sequence of photos.
ReplyDeleteLove...love is strange...
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