Aquatic Birds

Mother Daughter Day

This mallard only had one duckling. The little cutie was following in her mother's footsteps doing everything exactly the same as her mother. I can tell she is a female because her breast is light colored with stripes and by this size male ducklings are starting to get the reddish brown on their chests although their heads still look identical to this one.
Mallard mother and Duckling (Anas platyrhynchos)

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