| 单词 | mallard |
| 例句 | Sitting low in the water like a mallard, he floated into the tunnel and vanished. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I used a generic photograph of q mallard for reference, but Uncle Phil doesn’t need to know that. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The bitterns boomed and the marsh harriers skimmed over the reeds and millions of widgeon and mallard and tufted ducks flew about m various wedges, looking like champagne bottles balanced on a nimbus of wings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Any day now the black ducks come,” he said, “and the mallards. Then we will have good meat.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z When a pair of noisy mallards flew over, we looked up. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The mallard and widgeon, coming in high with the gale behind, were gone before they had arrived. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he discovered that if he hatched mallard duck eggs, the ducklings refused to follow him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Peering through the branches, he saw six mallards about halfway across, just out of range. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It looks like the trio of mallards is gliding through painted water. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The names we’ll give to the canals and mountains and cities will fall like so much water on the back of a mallard. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She chased a night heron up the Schoharie River, lost him, pursued a mallard duck, and lost her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He sees it in the mallard ducks that bob, bottoms up, in the Alster lake and in the return of the robin. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Simultaneously, quacking loudly in alarm, the mallards took off in a body. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the pastor’s wife from back in Georgia seemed like a drab mallard next to this swan. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And her quacking sounded just like the quacking of a mallard duck. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When he opened the door that morning Mackenzie had seen a flight of mallards going down in the direction of the small lake fed by the creek running through the farm. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They were so lifelike it was as if a flock of mallards had flown in the window and settled all over her furniture. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And who are these people whose idea of decorating is matched pictures of mallard ducks in flight and whose house is perfectly characterless and pristine even before the model maid sets to work? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope could imagine how a flock of mallards rising into the air would make that exact sound. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The mallard toiled from land, against the wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Preparing for their journey south, the martins flapped and fretted in the eaves, and, from the blanket of mist hovering over the lake, I heard the harsh, lonely cry of the mallards. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They gave Piers their flock of laying chickens as well as a pair of mallard ducks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Frightful looked down on black ducks, mallards, bluewinged teals, plovers, godwits, yellowlegs, sandpipers—all the migrating birds that loved wetlands. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A bunch of mallards, feeding in the shallows across the river, took flight with frightened quacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And a mallard escorts her brood – 10 adorable little cheeping fluffballs – down the rapids. Last night's TV 2010-05-17T07:00:00Z They were sharing the ice flows with Crayola-bright mallards with vivid orange legs and velvet green heads. The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Actually, the first Thanksgiving’s main dish was ganducken, a male goose stuffed with a mallard. Style Invitational Week 1414: Divining comedy — the year in preview 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z If you're one of the many people who marvel at Robert McCloskey's illustrations in "Make Way For Ducklings," consider this: He spent two years drawing mallard ducks and ducklings to ensure his artwork was accurate. Seventy years later, we still 'Make Way For Ducklings' 2011-07-02T02:26:55Z Images of two upside-down mallards and a rooster, whose plumage was painted with the typical vivid color known as Pompeiian red, also brightened the eatery and likely served to advertise the menu. Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z At the Southwest Duck Pond, mallard ducks paddle about and mature trees shade comfy chairs. If you dig nature, you’ll want to check out these D.C. spots 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Local mallards, seeking safe spots for their nests, have an eye for prime real estate and often nest on high floors on Manhattan's affluent Upper East and West sides, experts say. Make way for ducklings, New York style 2014-05-08T20:00:51Z Equally good, and with the same owners, is Village East, villageeast.co.uk, where twice-baked cheddar-and-Gruyère soufflé is a stalwart alongside daily specials like wild mallard and pollack with Shetland mussels. Bermondsey Bites: Hip New Eat Streets Emerge in London 2011-12-01T14:10:00Z The pines and leafless maples drip over paths, into the waterfall, into the stream and pond where herring and black-headed gulls drift serenely among the mallards. Esther Woolfson's urban nature diary 2013-02-01T10:00:02Z Left to your own devices, you can eat whatever you fancy, be that burned onions and salty ice-cream, or Warner's favourite: an entire mallard, followed by a helping of sticky toffee pudding with clotted cream. Great meals for one – go on, treat yourself 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z At the edge of the property is a pond where swans, mallards and coots paddle around. The New Noma: Frequently Asked Questions 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z She threw big dinners, serving game birds she’d shot herself or mallards she raised, achieving the best flavor, McCutchan writes, “by feeding them skim milk, clabber, grains and greens.” Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a Novelist Who Went on a Quest for an Authentic Life 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z McCloskey first spent months researching mallard anatomy at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Seventy years later, we still 'Make Way For Ducklings' 2011-07-02T02:26:55Z In addition to the carp he catches, Burns sees Canada geese, mallards and herons with 6-foot wingspans. Let’s swim to work! 2012-09-15T13:30:00Z In the film a blue-winged teal by one of the brothers, mentioned only as Hautman, beats Norm’s mallard. The Federal Duck Stamp Contest Rewards Artists 2013-06-25T21:12:41Z As she swam, she kept veering off the conventional counterclockwise course around the edge of the pond to try to get nose to nose with one of the passing mallards. Andrea Arnold’s Immersive Cinema 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z One scenic approach to the artworks follows a wooden footpath along the water’s edge, past mallards and moss-covered rocks. 36 Hours in Stockholm 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Along the way we encountered cob and hen swans, flushes of mallards and parliaments of magpies. After tackling Stage 4 cancer, he took on a new challenge — Hadrian’s Wall 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He calls out the names of all the birds: “See the mallards. The males have green heads.” Before the summer rush, a spring road trip through Alaska is just as beautiful 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z It lists the dinner - including oysters, beef, spring lamb and mallard duck - served on the evening of 11 April 1912. 'Remarkable' Titanic menu sells for £84,000 at Wiltshire auction 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z For instance, mallards defy norms of male dominance by putting the females in charge of picking a mate. 'Queer ecology' gifted him new perspective. Take his hikes to find it too 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The mallard/Indian runner cross has amassed more than 56,000 followers on the Instagram social network. University of York's tall duck Long Boi is missing 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Typically, it takes about six months for mallards to pair up, build a nest, lay a clutch of nine to 12 eggs, and begin raising hatchlings. Epic snowpack upends rhythms of life for many species in Sierra Nevada range 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z After spending almost a month receiving treatment, including two surgeries and antibiotics, the drake, or male, mallard was cleared this week to leave, according to a Facebook post from the wildlife center. Mallard that was shot with an arrow is released after recovering in Orange County 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z More vegetation along the wetlands means better nesting for mallards, northern harrier hawks and other species. Here's where California's remarkably wet year is bringing welcome recovery 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z It is a frustration to some scientists looking to catalog biodiversity that mallard ducks, monarch butterflies, white-tailed deer and other common species are the most frequently posted to the site. Can Humans Find Common Ground? Sure. Just Start With Sea Slugs and Bears. 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He first came to attention after a post on Reddit incorrectly described him as the "tallest mallard ever, at over 1m tall". University of York's tall duck Long Boi is missing 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z A good example of this is the mallard, one of the most common ducks in the world. Perspective | Narwhals, ruffs and other animals that defy gender stereotypes 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The injured mallard was first spotted March 25 in Newport Beach but flew away before anyone could capture it, officials have said. Mallard that was shot with an arrow is released after recovering in Orange County 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The rest of the room brims with other birds in her care, including robins, baby starlings, wood ducklings, mallards and two owls — an Eastern screech and a barred. Sheida Soleimani’s Art Is for the Birds 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Looking up from the page, I couldn’t help but notice that every mallard duck in the waters had the green head of a male. A road trip through Yeats country in County Sligo, Ireland 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z It has long been assumed that the primary hosts for avian flu are dabbling ducks, such as mallards, teals and shovelers, that feed on the surface and just below with their rumps in the air. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The bright blue and green feathers of the male mallards make them conspicuous against their background, but it also increases their attractiveness. Perspective | Narwhals, ruffs and other animals that defy gender stereotypes 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The following day, a family saw the mallard near a Costa Mesa school with an almost 5-inch arrow piercing its neck and cheek, officials said. Mallard that was shot with an arrow is released after recovering in Orange County 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Some oiled Canada geese and mallard ducks have been taken in by International Bird Rescue for care, DEQ said. Agencies, company continue oil spill cleanup after fire 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z We passed mallards, a honking gaggle of Canadian geese and a woman casting her fishing line off the cement banks of the river as we pedaled toward the west side of the bridge. You can now walk or bike across the L.A. River on a bright orange bridge 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z That rescue is part of the of the periodic capturing or shooing away a host of predators for chicks and eggs, such as great horned owls, black-crowned night-herons, peregrine falcons, even mallard ducks. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s a mallard duck from West Elm — another thing I would never have bought and now find delightful to have. What’s on your desk, Adi Robertson? 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The father and daughter were able to occupy the mallard by feeding it until animal control officials arrived and transported it to the wildlife care center. Mallard that was shot with an arrow is released after recovering in Orange County 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z And not just the mallards and herring gulls that you might expect on a waterfront, but swallows, woodpeckers and rare sparrows, as well as 31 species of warblers. Why you should do your spring planting in the fall 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Her photo below shows that the bird, which catches crustaceans and fish with its spoon-shaped bill, has no problem integrating well with local birds, a hybrid mallard, and her three nearly adult offspring. Majestic pink spoonbill birds seen in D.C. area, far from Floridian habitat 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Rats who hear music in utero are born with better spatial skills, and mallard ducks recognize their mother’s calls when they hatch. How prenatal sounds affect the development of all types of animals 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The desk is guarded by a mallard lamp. What’s on your desk, Adi Robertson? 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Most of the ducklings are the mallards commonly seen in parks, though rarer varieties sometimes find their way to the center. Orphaned ducklings find lettuce and love at Huntington Beach wildlife center 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z On a recent afternoon there were a couple dozen people ringing the concrete-lined pools, oohing and aahing over the mallards as they splashed and paraded around with their ducklings. Evicting ducks from a park? It’s the controversy Seattle needs right now 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z To confirm that hunch, Wilde and colleagues fed hydrilla to mallards in the lab. After more than 2 decades of searching, scientists finger cause of mass eagle deaths 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The mallard duck quacks just like the real thing, and the northern mockingbird’s song will have children searching nearby branches. Bearly recognizable: A child’s cuddly friend could be cuttlefish 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “It was all different species - mostly bluebills, but there were mallards, buffleheads, teal. It must have been an epic migration.” Waterfowl killed after mistaking wet Iowa roads for wetlands 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Several people with jobs in the neighborhood stopped by the park around lunchtime Thursday, as did some mallard ducks. Seattle opens new waterfront park on Portage Bay in ‘spectacular spot’ where police station once stood 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Predictably, a mallard couple laid eggs inside the enclosure. Evicting ducks from a park? It’s the controversy Seattle needs right now 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z To test their hunch, the researchers acquired eight captive-bred mallard ducks from a local breeder and the eggs of two carp species from an aquaculture institute. Fish Eggs Survive Journey through a Duck 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z In the lab, Vincze and her colleagues fed thousands of eggs from two invasive carp species to eight mallard ducks. Fish eggs can hatch even after being eaten and excreted by ducks 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The baby mallards were floating bait for what lie beneath in one of the manufactured ponds of New York City’s nature haven. Ducklings orphaned by snapping turtle safe in New York City 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z For less glamorous assassins such as foxes and mallard ducks, spring’s frogspawn is like caviar. 'Nature survives in the tiniest corners': the City of London's wild heart 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The idea is to walk the course and look for the birds, starting with Canada geese on Hole 1 and then through such species as Eastern towhees, American robins, belted kingfishers and mallards. Perspective | This Rockville golf course is full of birdies — the feathered kind 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The DNA signatures of hazelnut and mallard duck were identified, showing these were part of the diet at the time. DNA from Stone Age woman obtained 6,000 years on 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z And there are huge numbers of mallards and other water birds throughout the world that may gorge themselves on those eggs. Fish eggs can hatch even after being eaten and excreted by ducks 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z City parks and recreation rangers attempted to rescue the birds Wednesday, but their efforts were no match for the bolting legs of the mallards. Ducklings orphaned by snapping turtle safe in New York City 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Inside the boxes were waterfowl, most likely mallards, that were donated by local hunters. Researchers visit Idaho to see if dogs can detect avian flu 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z A mute swan and mallard duck lie dead among plastic pollution in Manchester. Photo essay – how the climate and nature crisis is changing the UK 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The new arrivals included the mallard duck and barn swallow, whose normal range was previously well to the south. In fast-thawing Siberia, radical climate change is warping the Earth beneath the feet of millions 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z However, the study shows that some populations of birds -- such as mallard ducks and Canadian geese -- have actually increased in number since 1970. North American bird population has dropped by 3 billion since 1970, study reveals 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “A pair of mallards nested in the mint pot outside my boat gave birth to nine ducklings. Who else can say that?” At Gangplank Marina, a community ‘rises and falls with the tides’ 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The late May day I visited featured numerous appearances by snowy egrets, Canada geese, mallards and a red-tailed hawk. L.A. Walks: The path to a vibrant marsh in Torrance’s industrial core 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The state Department of Natural Resources says female mallard ducks often build nests in landscaping, gardens and other unlikely places. Michigan experts: Watch for waterfowl nests in your yard 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The ducklings, the drakes, the mallards, the hens, All the ducks in a row, our fine feathered friends. ‘It Was a Cold, Drizzly Sunday Morning in 1973, and I Was at the Jon Vie Bakery’ 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Rick Fowler was videotaping the man-made hole when what appears to be a mallard entered the frame. Giant 'glory hole' swallows California duck, sparking debate over its survival 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Finally, having run the gantlet of band saws, wood rasps and belt sanders, the mallard is done. For this waterfowl artisan, carving duck decoys is old hat 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The Game and Fish Department says the survey also tallied 5,300 mallard ducks, down from the 10-year average. Midwinter survey shows geese numbers up in North Dakota 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z It was a sad end for Trevor, a mallard on the remote Pacific island of Niue dubbed the “world’s loneliest duck.” Trevor, the 'world's loneliest duck,' dies in dog attack 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z One time I shot a mallard and left its body on the lakeshore after taking its feathers and meat. Red Dead Redemption 2's surprising joy: its vast array of … birds 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z By the time he got there, the Mandarin duck was already basking in the sun with his mallard friends, posing for awe-struck onlookers with cameras. A Mandarin Duck Mysteriously Appears in Central Park, to Birders’ Delight 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z “This is what I’m scared of, the worst of all tools,” he said, reaching for a carving knife to sculpt the mallard’s cheeks. For this waterfowl artisan, carving duck decoys is old hat 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Despite ice, they see mallards, buffleheads and other water birds; they’re delighted to spot a small falcon called a merlin, Canada geese and a great blue heron. ‘Warblers & Woodpeckers’: Father and son take off for a big, rewarding year of birding 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The New York Post notes that Trevor was the only mallard on the tiny island nation. Trevor, the 'world's loneliest duck,' dies in dog attack 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The Park Service posted a photo Monday on social media showing egrets, herons and mallards standing on posts as walkways along the Tidal Basin and Jefferson Memorial were underwater. Virginia governor orders mandatory evacuation of low-lying areas ahead of Hurricane Florence 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z But the duck, which has no known name, appears to be quite healthy, paddling across the sprawling Pond and even integrating with the native mallards. A Mandarin Duck Mysteriously Appears in Central Park, to Birders’ Delight 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Then he proved it, baring that log to a battery of screaming saws, lathes and razor-sharp carving knives in his workshop and crafting the unpainted mallard, head included, with 20 minutes to spare. For this waterfowl artisan, carving duck decoys is old hat 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The mallard population is 17 percent higher than its historical average, and the green-winged teal is 42 percent higher than its average. Duck population healthy ahead of Nebraska hunting season 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Every year there are usually a few mallard ducks, along with the occasional wood-duck couple, at the creek. Perspective | Duck, duck, geese: It’s the time of year when waterways are full of water birds 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z With the 1941 edition of “A Field Guide to Western Birds” in his pocket, he found a bufflehead duck, mallard and blue-winged teal on the Laramie Plains lakes. Mystery bird collection finds new home at Laramie museum 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z And then there was the mallard, wearing velcro red shoes, that became an internet celebrity when the duck was photographed in 2016 flying with its caretaker in North Carolina. So you want a letter saying you need a support dog on that flight? Here's why a therapist might balk 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z North American mallards swim in the gilded glory of Union Avenue’s Peabody hotel. The Triumphs and Trials of Memphis 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z From there, “Early Man” becomes an underdog athletic tale, going through the typical training montages — with some admittedly novel obstacles: molten lava, dinosaur bones and giant, man-eating mallards. Review | ‘Early Man,’ the latest from hit factory Aardman, is an ordinary underdog-athlete movie 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z In addition, 16,400 mallard ducks were tallied statewide, most of them on Nelson Lake. Canada geese numbers in North Dakota up from 2017 survey 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Morgan said some birds are wild, including the mallards that strut around on the shore. Discarded fishing line cripples fowl at Shreveport duck pond 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z There are amusing moments, usually thanks to often-deadpan drivers: “Oh, there is a duck,” a man says after a mallard vs. windshield encounter. Review | ‘The Road Movie’: Calling this dash-cam footage a ‘movie’ is an overstatement 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z He notes that the eagles 🦅 and mallard ducks 🦆 are nearly all anatomically accurate. We Fact-Checked 8 Animal Emojis—Here's What We Found 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The common birds then, as now, seemed to be ravens, magpies, mallards and house sparrows. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The center takes in about 2,000 animals a year — half of them birds that range from owls to mallard ducks, the other half mammals that include weasels and coyote pups. Wild animals in distress are nursed back to life at this facility in Arlington 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Responding to a report of an injured mallard, an officer found the lethargic duck with an injured leg and took it to City Wildlife for evaluation and care. D.C. Animal Watch 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z This study is the first to assess the rate at which mallard and Mottled Ducks are combining into hybrids in the western Gulf of Mexico region of the United States. What Swims Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck Could Be a Hybrid of Two Duck Species 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Zoologists at the University of Cambridge filmed a group of mallard ducks hunting other birds on a reservoir in Romania. Wild ducks caught on camera snacking on small birds - BBC News 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z There and at ponds on the north side of Miller Butte there were also mallards, buffleheads, a greenwing teal, pintails, a couple of hooded mergansers, a ruddy duck and others. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Down below, a mother mallard paraded her ducklings along the sea wall. Two Dogs on a Wild Goose Chase on Governors Island 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z He said the biggest resident populations are of mallards and wood ducks. Wildlife groups battle invasive species at St. Johns Marsh 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z There, almost a tenth of the Mottled and mallard ducks are actually hybrids, which is concerning if you wish to preserve the genetic lineage of Mottled Ducks. What Swims Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck Could Be a Hybrid of Two Duck Species 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z "The mallard was massively struggling to eat that wagtail, presumably because it couldn't actually tear it to pieces because the bill is flattened - it's not designed for ripping prey apart," said Dr Petrovan. Wild ducks caught on camera snacking on small birds - BBC News 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Migratory game bird biologist Andy Dinges says above-average snowfall and below-average temperatures that began in late November continued up until the survey, creating poor wintering conditions for Canada geese and mallard ducks. Survey indicates Canada geese numbers down in North Dakota 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Besides the 233 tundra swans, another 26 mallards were also found dead at the lake, whose name in Mongolian means "Swan Lake", according to local reports. Chinese police investigate Inner Mongolia swan deaths - BBC News 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “Phragmites is occupying the emergent wetland areas where traditionally mallards especially would be trying to nest,” Darling said. Wildlife groups battle invasive species at St. Johns Marsh 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Prizes include a first-choice pick at a managed waterfowl hunt area for the 2017-18 season, a 12-gauge shotgun, custom duck and goose calls, mallard and goose decoys, and waterfowl hunting gear. Prizes offered in Michigan waterfowl hunting contest 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z "Then it was almost instantaneously attacked by the mallards." Wild ducks caught on camera snacking on small birds - BBC News 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z As of Thursday, about 20 mallards from Grand Traverse Bay and 50 from Wayne County were found dead from the condition. State tests find type C botulism found in dead waterfowl 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The 29 species of birds and 11 species of mammals included 40 gray squirrels, 32 cottontail rabbits, 13 raccoons, 11 mallards and nine robins. Keeping Wildlife Wild 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z It took about four hours for the mallard mother and the dozen ducklings to travel the seven blocks, said Paula Goldberg of wildlife rehabilitation group City Wildlife. On Massachusetts Avenue NW, an old statue gets a new look 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z The mallards were taken to City Wildlife for rehabilitation. D.C. Animal Watch 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The duck looked like every other mallard, but April knew she was special. On a fine spring day, birds of a feather flock together on a downtown street corner 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z State Natural Resources officials say dead mallards were collected during the first week in July. State tests find type C botulism found in dead waterfowl 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z At FDR’s request, Darling designed the first duck stamp, featuring “two striking mallards in flight descending on a lake.” How tree-hugger FDR conserved huge tracts of America’s landscape 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Common merganser: The males have green heads like mallards while the females are redheads. Idaho’s Treasure Valley is a paradise for birders 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z City Wildlife president Anne Lewis says this was one of only four pre-March mallard duckling births she’s heard of in the city. National Geographic's Ducks Are Having a Tough Winter Because mallards fall under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, people may not intervene by moving the eggs. Feeling peckish? Just imagine being a hungry bird in the snow. 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Canada goose or mallard duck, the federal government thinks of the species the same: Both are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The choice: Let the gosling fend for itself or take it into the human world 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Prosecutors argued that MacDonald fractured the skull of the 8-year-old falcon named Hornet on Jan. 7 trying to save a mallard. Woman convicted after falcon’s death denied new trial 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z “They generally look like a mallard but they’re way cooler than a mallard,” birder Terry Rich said. Idaho’s Treasure Valley is a paradise for birders 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The immediacy of the river lends quietness—on the terrace, the mallards swim by at your feet. Berlin’s Waterfront Heats Up for Travellers 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Hunters harvested more than a half million mallards during last year’s duck season in Arkansas. Commission OKs dates for Arkansas duck hunting season 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z “Early migrants such as mallards, pintails and northern shovelers didn’t stay long due to the dry conditions,” he said. Fewer spring breeding ducks, but still above average 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z A wildlife specialist removed a mallard duck and six ducklings that were stuck in a gated area and released them to the wild. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Many residents enjoy watching the mallards raise their young. Making way for ducklings, all over Washington 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z In summer, the rice is used as nesting for native mallards and shore birds, said Mark Biddlecomb, director for the western region of Ducks Unlimited, a wetlands conservation group. Ducks, geese and rice -- the next victims of California's drought? 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The gallery overlooks a pond, where a mallard was recently spotted. Time Travelers Welcome at “Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting” at the Nassau County Museum 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Canada geese, cliff swallows, a snowy egret, cedar waxwings, mallards, ruddy ducks, coots, black phoebes and grackles swoop and splash with abandon. Bird L.A. Day to showcase Los Angeles County's avian abundance 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Near the pond below, a cluster of turtles sunbathed on the rocks, and a V-shaped wake rippled from beneath a paddling mallard. Jonathan Franzen Ruffles Feathers Again 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Migratory waterfowl are considered the natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses, and new research shows mallard ducks are most prone to catching H5N2. Bird flu outbreak could head eastward with fall migration 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Canada geese, mallards and American black ducks were the most common species seen. Annual W.Va. waterfowl survey finds fewer duck, geese 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z In an effort to establish ethical guidelines for observing our feathered friends, scientists approached mallards, flamingos, and greenshanks with a quadcopter drone more than 200 times and watched for signs of disturbance. Drones don’t faze birds 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The most common: gulls, pigeons, mallards, Canada geese, white-throated sparrows, hawks, woodpeckers and herons. Birders spot snowy owl during annual Washington area Christmas Bird Count 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z Two other contributions, a mallard by Graham Preston and a cerulean warbler, which is depicted sitting on Mr. Audubon’s shoulder, by Mr. Sanford, grace a pair of windows near the entrance to 3621 Broadway. Where Audubon Found Repose, Sprayed-On Specimens Alight 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z “If you want to bag a mallard, you don’t aim where the bird is at present, you aim ahead of its flight pattern.” It’s Opposite Day for the hawks and doves at the Federal Reserve That was the third-highest waterfowl harvest and highest mallard harvest in the nation last year. Dates approved for Arkansas waterfowl season 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Cross-breeding with mallards began sometime in the late 1800s when the more common mallard was imported for ornamental ponds, hunting and farming. Campaign to save endangered Hawaiian duck 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z It is also proposing similar action against greylag geese and mallards. Call for killing of birds deemed health hazard splits conservationists 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z One post pictured a mallard with the message: “This is a duck. We don’t like ducks. See you next week at Pico Station.” Slap Shot: A Potent Power Play Does Not Ensure a Path to the Stanley Cup 2014-05-10T15:46:39Z Duck hunting is a boost to the local economy in Arkansas, which last year proudly harvested more mallards than any other state, according to the federal Fish and Wildlife Service. Hotel Ducks Gone Wild May End Up in Hunters’ Sights 2013-12-25T01:51:51Z “Our survey count for mallards is down 17 percent,” said Don Kraege, a state Fish and Wildlife waterfowl manager. Forecast is for average waterfowl season 2013-07-20T22:40:27Z Fish and Wildlife Service recommends removing feral mallard ducks to help prevent the koloa from becoming extinct. Campaign to save endangered Hawaiian duck 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z A nesting mallard duck was spotted near a wall earmarked for demolition at the Moat Lane site in Towcester. Duck halts work on £45m regeneration 2013-06-07T11:05:03Z The two flooded quarries are now a haven for local wildlife, attracting large flocks of waterfowl, including swans, mallards and the great crested grebe. From industrial toil to tourism 2013-05-06T15:38:51Z Harris Neck is known for its saltwater marsh, grasslands, woodlands and many different bird species such as egrets, herons and mallards. A lifetime protecting wildlife and natural habitats 2012-12-05T05:01:00Z Special limits for hen mallard, pintail, redhead, canvasback, goldeneye, harlequin, scoter and long-tailed duck are identical to last season. Waterfowl hunters seem headed for great season 2012-08-11T04:12:06Z He was a good shot, too, for a boy, and would bring home many a duck and mallard as the fruits of his own excursions. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The drakes have some of the brilliant tints of the English mallard, and the neck and head are a rich velvet brown, while the breast-feathers are beautifully spangled. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z This bird, known also by the name of mallard, is the original of all the domestic varieties. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Many a drowsing mallard has been caught by a lean fox or knocked on the head with a paddle. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Leopards, black buck, spotted deer, and nilgai are common; the mallard, teal, grey duck, common goose, and all kinds of waterfowl abound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The raven, screech-owl, heron, cormorant, and so on to geese, gulls, mallards, teal, ducks, snipes, and many others. Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 2011-12-28T03:00:44.040Z Behind came a wedge of mallard, and farther off, gleaming snowily, a flight of sandhill cranes. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z The birds aren't really concentrated at the mouth of the Okanogan, by there's a diverse species mix of divers as well as mallards and lots of widgeons. Waterfowl have arrived in good numbers in the Columbia Basin 2011-12-12T02:24:46Z In every slough where mallards, blue- and green-winged teal, widgeons, black duck and pintails settle down to rest in autumn, gunners wait concealed in the sedges. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z From this one small mancha the dogs put out, besides the lynx, several partridge and rabbits, a Montagu's harrier, and a pair of mallards! Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They soon picked up the dead one, a mallard, Harry said; but it was some minutes before they saw the other fluttering across a patch of wet sand. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z A mammoth mallard duck statue greets visitors outside the store. Duck hunting is an obsession for Arkansas town 2011-11-21T23:22:06Z The mallard is possibly the best known duck in America, it being found in greater or less numbers everywhere from the Arctic to Central America. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z I had hoped he would have forgotten me ere this; but you may not cram wisdom even down a mallard's throat.— The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The ducks, even heavy mallard and pintail, rebounded from the ice-bound surface; and a goose, falling obliquely, also slid for twenty yards before remaining still. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z "A mallard duck's a little thing, but he covers a considerable sweep of country." The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z It is also a favourite resort for seal and mallard. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The mallard of the Pacific Coast can hardly be said to be a migratory duck, for it breeds from Mexico north. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z “Yes, and one of the mallards,” said Mark. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z When he talks of a tiro regul�r—an ordinary shot, we know he means about thirty couples of mallards with one barrel. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z This was thickly covered with aquatic vegetation, and to it came teal, mallard, and poachard. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Wild duck made their nests among the rushes, sitting there while their beautiful consorts, the mallards, swam lonely in the mere. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Hybrids between the mallard and the pin-tail and the mallard and the widgeon have been occasionally met with on the marshes of the Coast. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Kraege says mallard numbers in Eastern Washington were up 12 percent from last year, and up 4 percent over long-term averages. Forecast is mixed for waterfowl hunters | Outdoors Notebook 2011-07-31T02:00:44Z Now the ten-bore is useful for a string of mallards which are already seeking safer altitudes, and for a couple of curlews, for once at fault. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Working a duck decoy—when we knew where we had the decoyman—was another profitable night adventure, which sometimes produced dozens of delicate teal, mallard and widgeon. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z But liefer had I two good mallards, nay, two tiny sparrows than all their confessions; yet will I go thither to make a jape of them. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z While it somewhat resembles the female mallard, the much narrower bill and difference of the speculum should prevent any error in identification. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z On this day large flocks of wild geese and swans, with mallards and widgeon, were seen in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and the stormy petrel was observed. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The result, seven mallards and eleven teal, was a satisfactory climax to a pleasant campaign under adverse conditions. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z When the ducks appeared on the sky-line the old flint-lock was out, a sharp report tore the darkness, and a brace of teal or mallard floated down stream, and on to the mill island. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z But the end came in sight with the homebred mallard, flying feebly in his summer feathers; and the flight of the wild duck was the end of all. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Of the duck family the following species are abundant here: the teal, the mallard, widgeon, pintail, canvasback, spoonbill, sawbill and woodduck. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z Colourful-billed mallard ducks have fewer STDs A drake's bill colour communicates information about its sexual health Ducks use bill colour to determine a potential mates' sexual health, according to scientists. Ducks' bill colour gives STD clue 2011-04-13T08:45:40Z The nearer shore was massed with teal, and a few yards beyond a big pack of mallards were daintily pluming themselves. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The male of the common wild duck is called the mallard, and soon after his brown duck begins to sit the drake moults the whole of its flight feathers. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The third year found Carlton watching for the mallard as his bird of ill-omen, and redoubling his efforts while his ear prepared for the shrill music of the full-grown quills in final flight. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z They saw a great many wild swans, and some geese, as also duck, mallard, and teal; and these, I say, increased as they drew nearer the sea. A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before 2011-04-07T02:00:17.607Z The wings may be made of the tops of two large dyed mallard's feathers, with fibres stripped off at the butts of the stems, tied back to back. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Our luck this morning was hardly so good as expected, but four guns brought in 7 geese, 21 teal, and 8 mallards. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The next day, on a different slough, Andy bagged two mallards out of a flock that beat hastily into the air before him, and the day after that he got two more. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Eventually Jean began taking out the gun on her own account, and it was a tremendously proud day when she brought home her first mallard. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z The heron, the snakebird, and the redshank, waded through the shallow drifts; and geese, widgeon, teal, and mallard, rose whirring in the air at every step. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z If the No. 9 is winged with brown mallard or brown turkey tail feather, it will be found just the thing. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Besides partridge and rabbits, an odd pair of mallards will often rise from some rushy hollow, and from the drier reeds a quail or two spring with their smart game-like dash. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He came to a little stream, one of the few clear-running streams in the swamp, and watched a mother mallard and her brood of seven swim happily there. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Once a pair of mallards winged by on a straight course above his head. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z The National Wildlife Health Center is currently investigating a number of large bird deaths, including the death of 7,000 mallards in South Dakota. Ohio finds 200 dead geese, others sick along Lake Erie 2011-02-19T01:48:02Z Brown body, gold tinsel, wings copper-coloured mallard, and a brown grouse hackle. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Canada geese and mallard ducks are eating the fish. Thousands of herring-type fish dead along Chicago lakefront 2011-01-11T18:56:59Z But the mallard family was something else to remember should he be hungry and in their vicinity. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Teal, pintail, mallard -- and dozens of other species of waterfowl -- pass through in thousands. Whooping cranes will be tracked with GPS units to study their habits and hazards 2010-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Ziegler, a writer and an amateur ornithologist, has seen a family of mallards, and hawks. It?s Polluted, but the Canal Is Home, and Inspiration 2010-03-04T02:54:00Z The Orange Dun.—The body is made of orange and hare's fur, a honey dun hackle for legs, and grey mallard wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z He threw the curtain aside, and joined the two officers who stood looking solemnly at the mallard, which lay on a gory newspaper in the centre of the table. H.M.S. —— He's mean as a mink and crafty as a shot-stung mallard. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Every depression of the soil was a slough full of green water, covered with battalions of mallards and other wild-fowl. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests “Speaking of ducks,” said the major, tweaking his gray imperial, “reminds me of Judge Chalmers’ white mallard. The Valiants of Virginia Some dub it with an orange, tawny, and black ground, and with blackish wool and gold twist; the wings off the brown part of a mallard's feather. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z His gun flashed up, just as a small-game shooter hurls his weapon when a mallard glints above the decoys, and a little, angry cylinder of flame darted, as a snake's head darts, from the muzzle. The Voice of the Pack He had never smelt powder, except when shooting mallard ducks. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Toward five o'clock, her bread being baked, Faith put in the oven a pan containing two young mallards and a blue grouse, all overlaid with strips of bacon. The Land of Strong Men Even when we needed meat in camp, and some plump goose or mallard was at the mercy of his gun, Jesse would sometimes beg the victim off, and catch more trout. A Man in the Open Great Whirling Dun.—The body is made of water-rat's fur, mixed with yellow mohair, and ribbed with yellow silk; a reddish blue dun hackle for legs; grey mallard wings, or starling—try both. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z I envied the great flights of mallard and pochard winging northward in March and April to the unknown; and here at last I was camping by the Yamdok Tso itself—with an army. The Unveiling of Lhasa Ducks, mallards and canvasbacks, feed and fatten in the shallow water among the reeds. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road There are such a multitude of swans, geese, brants, sheldrakes, ducks of several sorts, mallard, teal, blewings, and many other kinds of water fowl, that the plenty of them is incredible. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts Once a mallard who was sick of love asked a blackbird to marry him. Seeds of Pine If he does not hook himself with it, change it for a light blue one, the body the blue colour of the sky, legs the same, and a mallard wing ribbed with gold. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z But what comet is yon in the sky—"with fear of change perplexing mallards?" Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The good grandmother, who had eaten nothing for two days except a mallard, with a pint of champagne, cried out hungrily, “Come in, my dear.” The So-called Human Race And Nick's eyes glistened when he saw that they were mallards, three fat fellows at that. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida And then the mallard went in search of another wife.... Seeds of Pine Second way, from A Handbook of Angling.—Body, bright yellow mohair, or floss silk, ribbed sparingly with light bronze peacock harl; wings, mottled feather of the mallard dyed a pale yellow green. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z What a stately creature! as he comes issuing from the shallows, and bearing the old mallard breast-high, walks all dripping along the greensward, and then shakes from his curled ebony the flashing spray-mist. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) It was a good supper—a mulligan stew of mallard duck, with biscuits and coffee. Alaska Days with John Muir Various feathers are used for wings of dry flies, such as breast feathers from mallard, teal; partridge, grouse, black duck, wood duck. How to Tie Flies While we have been getting acquainted with the Indians, our ship has carried us into the finest duck grounds in the world, the teal and mallard rising from the rice beds in almost incredible numbers. Seeds of Pine Hook, 5, 6, and 7.—Another way: Body, yellow-brown mohair; wings, mallard's feather dyed yellow, and black head; legs, yellowish hackle; tail and hooks as before. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Darwin records a very curious case of a sudden passion appearing in a female wild-duck, who, after breeding with her own mallard for a couple of seasons, deserted him for a stranger—a male pintail. The Truth About Woman Merry Song of the All Souls Mallard," beginning— "Griffin, bustard, turkey, capon, Let other hungry mortals gape on, And on the bones their stomach fill hard; But let All Souls men have their mallard. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel I have proven to my own satisfaction that a Quill Gordon sparsely dressed as it should be, but tied with a black hackle and yellow mallard wings, is just as successful as the customary dressing. How to Tie Flies He passed the first bend up-stream, and working his way toward a small pond thickly fringed with alders, where he had often seen teal and mallards, attempted to crawl within gunshot of it. The Mountain Divide The plain one is brown body, and wings of mallard. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z “Good morning for ducks––saw a big flock of mallards back here in a pond,” observed the man who took their team. A Breath of Prairie and other stories While the festival has passed away, the song is still sung at Oxford, and the tale has given rise to much literature, there having been vigorous contests waged over the authenticity of the mallard. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel In the ponds which we passed earlier in the day we saw hundreds of mallard ducks and teal. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' These two were the only mallards in this whole wide expanse of grass and water. The Backwoodsmen Scarlet body, scarlet hackle, and mallard wing, gold over body, topping for tail, and one in the centre of the wings, jay at the shoulder, and a black head. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z But for me the loud-voiced mallard, with his bottle-green head and audaciously curling tail; for he will decoy.” A Breath of Prairie and other stories Most of them were mallards, and from many places in the marsh they could hear the quacking and squawking of yet other ducks hidden in the high grass. The Young Alaskans on the Trail We saw a flock of mallards alight in the short marsh grass and when I fired at least five hundred greenheads, yellow-nibs, and pintails rose in a brown cloud. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Other kinds of ducks there were, in plenty, but the mallards at this season kept to themselves. The Backwoodsmen Fiery brown body, brown-red hackle, gold tinsel, mallard wings with a little wood-duck and golden pheasant neck feather mixed with it, macaw feelers, and a small topping for tail mixed with wood-duck. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Over the sea of rushes, straight toward us, is coming a pair, a single pair; and, yes, they are unmistakably mallards. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Presently they had at their feet almost a dozen fine mallards. The Young Alaskans on the Trail Harry appeared shortly after with only a mallard duck, for he had guessed wrong as to the direction of the flight, and was entirely out of the shooting. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Its highest point was about two feet above average water level; and on this highest point the mallard duck established her nest. The Backwoodsmen For the Boyne, the best flies are claret, brown, olive, green, orange, and black, with brown mallard wings, and turkey tail feathers. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z I’m going to be 204 a regular mallard, and stick to these home regions until the ice forms. The Prairie Child Swimming birds speckled the surface; various species of Anatidae—swans, geese, and ducks,—while the air was filled with flights of gulls and curlews, or was cut by the strong whistling wings of the mallards. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Ruddy sheldrakes, mallards, shoveler ducks, and teal were in even the smallest ponds and avocets with sky-blue legs and slender recurved bills ran along the shores of a lake at which we stopped for tiffin. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The mallard pair had few enemies to dread, their island being so far from shore that no four-footed marauder, not even the semi-amphibious mink himself, ever visited it. The Backwoodsmen Body black floss silk, orange tag, tip of gold, small topping for tail, black-red hackle, mallard wings mixed with peacock wing, a topping over all, and a black head. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z But the weather was too fine, though I managed to bring down a couple of mallard, after one of which Susie, having removed her shoes and stockings, waded knee-deep in the slough. The Prairie Child And the mallard drake, riding on the outer pulses of that radiation, was purple and emerald. Waiting for Daylight There were a few mallards, redheads, and shoveler ducks, and several bustards, besides half a dozen species of plover and shore birds. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The eggs of the mallard mother, of course, varied in age from fifteen days to one before she began to sit. The Backwoodsmen The Dun Drake.—The body is made of golden olive mohair, mixed with hare's ear fur, the light and dark, and forked with two short fibres of brown mallard. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Other birds shot by the fowlers were mallard, teal, widgeon, whimbrells, grebes of several kinds, and the “yelping” avocet. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Twenty mallards and the rest Vignon—and not a shot before one o'clock in the morning. A Village of Vagabonds We surprise a group of mallard ducks, which rush out from the overhanging bank and dive for safety among the sheltering green arrowheads. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year March Browns, which, though supposed to come out in March, are really capital flies at any time. " yellow body with cinnamon wings and golden-pheasant tip. " dark harelug body, mallard wing and red tip. Scotch Loch-Fishing The Small Red Spinner is made as the above, but instead of mallard use starling wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Among the birds may be noted swan, geese, duck, curlew, mallard, snipe, plover, ptarmigan,—90 species of birds, in fact, 54 of which are wildfowl. A Girl's Ride in Iceland At that moment two long V-shaped strings of mallards came winging toward us from the north. A Village of Vagabonds I happened to find the nest and by slow degrees disarmed the mother bird’s suspicions; mallard have been domesticated, you know, though they’re often hard to get very near. The Long Portage He could hit a flying bird with a stone, was a deadly shot for snipe or mallard, rode like a centaur, and fished with the instinct of a heron. The Tragic Bride Those Sea-Trout ones, described for Waterville, do also well, and orange floss silk, ribbed with gold, small topping for tail, jay round the head, and mallard mixed wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z As for the remaining seven, they proceeded to grow up as rapidly as possible, and soon ceased to stand in any danger of pickerel or mallard. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Their celery-fed canvasbacks may be better—never had a chance to try them—but the canvasback in this country can't touch the mallards. The Adventures of Bobby Orde I looked at the string of birds, and saw that they were mallards and teals, a couple of dozen at least. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive There see the full-blown lotus stud The bosom of the lucid flood, And watch the joyous mallard shake The reeds that fringe the pool and lake. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Blue body, black hackle ribbed with silver, and mallard wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Terms of a Carver: Slice brawn, spoil a hen, unbrace a mallard, untache a curlew, border a pasty, thigh small birds, splat a pike, fin a chub, barb a lobster. Early English Meals and Manners He knew that the wily old mallards were not yet satisfied. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The lakes swarm with mallards, ducks, and a variety of teal. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America That mallard by the river edge Has bathed amid the reeds and sedge: Now with his mate he fondly plays And fires my bosom as I gaze. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Body, puce floss silk ribbed with silver, black-red hackle, a mixed wing of glede, turkey tail, and mallard, with a topping over all, and a dark claret or purple hackle. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Suppose the bird to be cooked is a mallard, or better still, a canvas-back. Woodcraft Always the mallards made their wide circles of inspection; but always Mr. Kincaid waited patiently for them, ignoring absolutely other ducks that in the meantime lit among the decoys. The Adventures of Bobby Orde He harvested some fat mallards that had moved down on the river with the coming of skim ice on the lakes. Cat and Mouse There lotuses adorn the flood With full-blown flower and opening bud Where swans and mallards float, and gay Apsarases737 come down to play. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Hare's ear body, ribbed with silver twist, a greyish dark hackle, the colour of the dark fur on the ear, mallard wings, and tail of the same. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The mallard drakes twisted their emerald-green heads and began that low, half gurgling, half quacking conversation in which their mottled brown and gray mates joined with louder quacks. Blue-Bird Weather Wild ducks, or mallards, are very abundant in marshy places, and are a source of great profit. Mamma's Stories about Birds The deep soft note of a mallard drake far above the treetops caused him to look up. The Root of Evil Forth trooping from the dark-recess Came swans and mallards numberless, With drops upon their shining wings As newly bathed where water springs. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse A blue dun body, a dun hackle ribbed with silver twist, tail two fibres of mallard, and grey mallard for wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The Great Whirling Dun—dubbed with squirrels fur, for wings, grey feather of mallard. The Teesdale Angler I had often approached common mallards by concealing my boat under branches or furze, and then floating down upon them, impelled either by the wind or the current of a stream. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The eider-duck is about the size of the common mallard, or wild duck proper. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North There many a lake gleams bright and cool, And lilies deck each pleasant pool, While swan, and crane, and mallard's wings Are lovely in the water-springs. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse A fly with an olive body, and one with yellow and mallard wings, are good. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Early Bright Brown—dubbed with brown hair from behind the ears of a spaniel dog, wings from a mallard. The Teesdale Angler There were pochard and pintail and one like a mallard. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah In those days it was a very nice point to get the right tint for the mallard's feather. Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore As the remaining mallard started to rise in a clumsy fashion Darry gave him the benefit of the other barrel. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast A grey mallard and red squirrel fur makes another good fly. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The Dark Brown,—brown spaniel's hair mixed with a little violet camlet, warp with yellow silk, wings, grey feather from mallard. The Teesdale Angler These were mallards and there were about two thousand or more on a lake on my preserve. Face to Face with Kaiserism In the picture on the preceding page you have a pair of mallard ducks with three young ones, which are all able to swim and dive as well as their parents. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 Sure of it; and it was one of those old mallards he has got. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp The wings are made of land-rail wing, and a little brown mallard, mixed nicely together. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The Violet Fly—dubbed with dark violet stuff, and a little dun bear's hair mixed with it, wings from a mallard. The Teesdale Angler Soon a fine mallard duck came flying along. Three Boys in the Wild North Land In went the spaniels, and out came a fine mallard, ten yards in front of Crawley, and sailing away from him as steady as a ship. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys All sorts, lad: widgeons, teal, mallards, and some pochards. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp Body brown claret colour, mixed with the fur of hare's ear, ribbed with silver twist, a short black hackle, wings rather light brown mallard, and a black head. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The Little Whirling Dun—dubbed with fox cubs fur, ash coloured, ribbed about with yellow silk, wings a pale grey feather from a mallard. The Teesdale Angler There are different kinds of wild ducks; these are mallards. Wild Nature Won By Kindness He could distinguish now the roar of a great flock of mallards, circling round and round high overhead, scouting for danger. The Blood of the Conquerors Up springs a snipe; but just as my finger is on the trigger, and when too late to alter my intention, a duck and mallard rise from among the rushes and wheel round my head. Highways and Byways in Sussex Body claret silk, claret hackle, ribbed with gold, a short topping tail, with silver tip, mallard wings mixed with tipped feathers, macaw feelers, and a black head. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The Camlet Fly—dubbed with dark brown shining camlet, ribbed over with green silk, wings, grey feather of a mallard. The Teesdale Angler Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine; Herons and bitterns, peacocks, swan, and bustard, Teal, mallard, pigeons, widgeons, and, in fine. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World Sometimes he would follow the river northward, stalking the flocks of teal and mallards that dozed on the sandbars in the wide, muddy stream, perhaps killing three or four fat birds. The Blood of the Conquerors Others again are made of the greenpart of the skin of a mallard's head, which they sew perfectly well together, their thread being either the sinews of a deer divided very small, or silk grass. Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 A dark brown fly, brown red hackle and body, ribbed with gold twist, and glede wings, varied with brown spotted turkey tail feather or mallard, one of each. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Orange Fly—dubbed with brown fur of a badger, warped with red silk, wings from dark grey feather of mallard, with a head made of red silk. The Teesdale Angler It was in one of these lakes close to the beach that a flock of mallards alighted, passing so near that the travelers could see the iridescent green of the drakes' heads catching the sun. Where the Sun Swings North The cautious mallards, encouraged by this, would swing lower. The Blood of the Conquerors If you ever saw a wing-tipped mallard's flurry when the retriever comes upon him unawares, you will have a good idea of how the valiant Walter "squattered" through the ford. Border and Bastille A small claret fly with mallard wings; a fly with brown body and a furnace hackle, mallard wings mixed with blue peacock neck feather, strips of mallard in tail, and gold. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The Fern Fly—dubbed with the fur from a hare's neck, which is of a fern colour, wings dark grey feather of mallard. The Teesdale Angler Out on the lake she caught glimpses of a flock of belated mallards, but since there was now no upstanding vegetation it was difficult for the hunters to hide their approach. Where the Sun Swings North "We ought to go up to the swamps to-morrow and rustle some duck eggs," Bill observed irrelevantly—his eyes following the arrow flight of a mallard flock. North of Fifty-Three It evidently behooved him to play "lame duck," just as the mother mallard does in order144 to deceive the wandering egg hunter, and lead him away from her nest. Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan A dark green fly ribbed with gold, silver pheasant tail mixed with mallard for wings, a small topping in tail, and orange head. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z The Camel Brown—dubbed with old brownish hair, with red silk, wings dark grey feather from mallard. The Teesdale Angler Like mallards we shot over the Medway and saw the battleships as if they were little children's playthings far away down below us. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I To the right of the clock, on a shelf, stood a stuffed mallard; to the left on a similar shelf, stood a stuffed owl. Michael McGrath, Postmaster Knowing a mallard from a merganser has another side: gourmets prefer a corn-fed mallard to the fish duck. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide There was also abundance of smaller game,—the hare, the coney, the roe; and of birds,—the partridge, pheasant, woodcock, mallard, and heron. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The Late Badger—dubbed with black fur of a badger or spaniel, mixed with the soft yellow down of a sandy coloured pig, wings dark mallard. The Teesdale Angler Redhead and mallard ducks are prepared the same way. Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc. The mallard, gadwall, widgeon, pintail, the various species of pochard and the common teal are rapidly disappearing. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Eclipse Drake Hen The mallard is our most common duck, found in all flyways. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide His own ship, the Gallego before the Admiral re-christened her and made her his flagship, was riding trim as a mallard within sight of his eye. Days of the Discoverers His plate was of tin and a foot in diameter, and on it was a three-pound mallard duck, dripping with juice and as brown as a ripe hazel-nut. The Courage of Marge O'Doone And about eighty miles north of here there is a mud flat where great numbers of mallards are assembling for migration northwards: and there are more bitterns there than there are higher up even. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years Among the little islands broods of mallard were swimming, and trout in a bay were splashing with wide circles. The Half-Hearted The long neck and tail make them appear longer than mallards, but in body size and weight they are smaller. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide The birds, in their low, drowsy flight, offered beautiful wing-shots, and as I glanced along the polished gun-barrels, I imagined the sharp explosion followed by the heavy fall of fat mallards into the water. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 I have on several occasions stood stock still in the open plain until a low-flying mallard came within easy range. The Killer I expect the mallards will migrate northwards, and the teal soon afterwards will become very scarce, but I hope the bitterns will stay where they are. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years The mallard duck, which we saw for the first time on the 20th instant, with their young, are now abundant, though they do not breed on the Missouri, below the mountains. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. They are often called "gray mallards" or "gray ducks." Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide The canvas-backed duck has been praised as highly as the “swopping, swopping mallard” of a comfortable college in Oxford. Lost Leaders Low against the growing splendour of the sunrise, wings rigidly set, came a flock of mallards. The Killer P.S.—In regard to what you say about the ducks, I'm told that teal are common in Turkey and snipe in Arabia, but not so common as mallard in England or pintail in India. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years This kind of life seems fitted for mallards and maids, and I have no quarrel with either. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Drakes whistle and kack-kack; hens quack like a mallard, but softer. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide In ducks, there are mallards, black, wood, mandarin, blue and green winged teal, widgeon, redhead, pin-tail, bluebill, gadwell, call and many others. Outdoor Sports and Games The mallard is ordinarily a wily bird and circles your pond a number of times before deciding to come in to wooden decoys. The Killer The mallard has to be his own sentinel, as a rule. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 From my view, there are happier instincts than those which impel migration; but remembering that personal views are best applied to personal use, I wish both maids and mallards bon voyage. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Their tiny size gives the impression of great speed, but mallards can fly faster. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide Then came broiled mallard duck, still crackling from the coals, and coonti bread, and a cold salad of palm cabbage, nut-flavored, delectable. The Firing Line The Captain pointed out the Rouen ducks, almost exactly like the wild mallards. The Killer Of not inferior claim is his prairie chum and remote cousin the mallard. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 For a mallard I've waded the marsh, And haunted each pool, and each lake—oh! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Often seen in company of mallards, but along the Atlantic coast frequents the salt marshes and ocean much more than mallards. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide But I wouldn't have missed it for all the mallard on Ruffle Lake. The Firing Line Grouse, plover, and bittern were found upon its moors; woodcock and snipe on its marshes; mallard, teal, and widgeon upon its pools. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Oft she came to the teepee and spoke; she brought him the tongue of the bison, Sweet nuts from the hazel and oak, and flesh of the fawn and the mallard. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems While he worked the soft wind rioted about him, and the harbingers of summer passed north in battalions overhead--crane, brant-goose, and mallard, in crescents, skeins, and wedges, after the fashion of their kind. Winston of the Prairie The hen's quack and the drake's kwek-kwek are duplicates of the mallards. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide Reaching that, they pushed through the thin wood of dwarf birch and poplar, skirting little pools from which mallard rose: and then, crossing a long rise, they sat down to smoke on its farther side. Ranching for Sylvia Of wild fowl, there are enormous varieties, including the "pato real" or great tree duck, whistling mallard, various kinds of teal and shovellers, widgeon, muscony and hooded duck, black-headed geese, grey geese, and swans. Argentina from a British Point of View All sere are the prairies and brown in the glimmer and haze of the Autumn; From the far northern marshes flock down, by thousands, the geese and the mallards. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems In the cloudless sky swallows and swifts were wheeling, and on the water half a dozen mallards moved aside to let him pass. After London Or, Wild England Drakes purr and meow; hens have a loud squak, higher than a hen mallard's. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide The diggers of the foundations found in an old drain a monstrous mallard, a sort of alderman among wild ducks, thriving and growing fat amid filth. Rides on Railways The large flock of mallard ducks, Canada geese, and snow geese on Lake Agassiz was completely wiped out. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Sometimes she works into the baskets the quail's crest, small red or yellow feathers from the woodpecker, green from the head of the mallard duck, or beads. Stories of California Return to Contents This little circumstance of the mallards always flying over him and away behind, when flushed, presently made Felix speculate on the cause, and he kept a closer watch. After London Or, Wild England On several of the lakes, occasionally on bays of Tahoe itself, and often in the marshy lands and sloughs of the Upper Truckee, near Tallac, ducks, mallard and teal are found. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The mallard, dozing among the reeds, has taken fright, and tucking up his legs under his round fat rump, flies quacking to a remoter marsh. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 The ponds within its borders furnish feeding-grounds for canvasback ducks, redhead, mallard, blackhead and various species of wild geese. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Roxi will readily assent, though he well knows it to have been a mallard duck, but he would spare your ignorance. The New North Without the line of the shoals and islets, now that the mallards had flown, there was a solitude of water. After London Or, Wild England But we don’t have to look a gift mallard in the eye.” The House of a Thousand Candles There are no cranes or sheldrakes and, except for a few flocks of mallards which feed in the rice fields, we saw no other ducks or geese. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China So far as I am aware the mallard is the only wild duck that has been bred in sufficient numbers to slaughter for the markets. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Not only the pheasant and partridge appear, but the quail,—which is at present scarcer in this country, though so plentiful abroad,—the duck, and the mallard. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine As he came round the islands he constantly met and disturbed parties of waterfowl, mallards, and coots. After London Or, Wild England One day I killed an otter, and afterward hearing a wild goose on shore, I went for the game and killed it on a small pond on which there were also some mallard duck. Death Valley in '49 Even herons, so abundant in the north, were conspicuous by their absence and we saw no sheldrakes, geese, or mallards. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Of all American ducks the common mallard is the most persistent and successful breeder. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation He adds quaintly: "A mallard of the dunghill is good enough for me, With pleasant pickle, or it is else poison. pardy." Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine We got two more ducks, fine big mallards, the same way. Tales of lonely trails There proved to be several varieties of duck among the countless flocks which I saw, notably mallard, teal, pochard, and shoveller. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Four days previously I had shot a pair of mallard ducks and they formed the pi�ce de r�sistance. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China These are the white-tailed deer and mallard duck. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation A deer was said to be broken, a cony unlaced, a pheasant, partridge, or quail winged, a pigeon or a woodcock thighed, a plover minced, a mallard unbraced. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine With the aid of his old British musket and of his Newfoundland dog "Gunner" he secured many a canvasback and mallard, to say nothing of quails, turkeys and other game. George Washington: Farmer Though it was ten of the clock, they were still there: sleepy brown mallards, glossy-winged teal, long-necked shovellers, greyish speckled widgeon: these and others less common, representatives of all the native tribe. Where the Trail Divides The burnished wings of a flock of mallard flashed in the air, startled by some creeping hunter. The Sky Line of Spruce The Mallard Duck.—A great many persons have made persistent attempts to breed the canvasback, redhead, mallard, black duck, pintail, teal and other species, on a commercial basis. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation But not a bit of it: the mallard ruled the roost; all the other birds, even the great swans, ran away from him when he attacked them from behind with his beak. A Cotswold Village Or you may make the Oak-fly: with an orange, tawny, and black ground; and the brown of a mallard's feather for the wings. The Compleat Angler The teal, the mallard, the widgeon, the shoveller, the canvasback—all mingled in the loud-voiced throng that arose before the leader's approach, then, like smoke, vanished with almost unbelievable swiftness into the hazy distance. Where the Trail Divides You have seen the mallard and the rest of the Duck-people. Indian Why Stories Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire All the species named above, except the mallard, must at present, and in general, be regarded as failures in breeding for the market. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation I was much amused, while feeding some swans and a couple of wild ducks the other day, to notice that the mallard would attack the swans if they took any food that he fancied. A Cotswold Village She was radiant; she almost believed Sam when he insisted that it was she who had shot the mallard at which they had fired together. Main Street There were some small brown squirrels jumping about in the pines, and a couple of large mallard ducks swimming about in the stream. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Plovers, redshanks, terns, ducks, especially the wild mallards, are increasing. The Naturalist on the Thames Unquestionably, the mallard duck can be reared in captivity in numbers limited only by the extent of breeder's facilities. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Watching his opportunity he seized the pugnacious little mallard by the neck and gave him a thundering good shaking! A Cotswold Village "Fellow wrote me from Man Trap Lake that he shot seven mallards and couple of canvas-back in one hour!" Main Street The mallard was right; it was rain they wanted. Tales of Two Countries They were not mallard, teal, or widgeon; but three-quarters of the number were tufted ducks, a diving-duck species, which haunts both estuaries and fresh water, but preferably the latter. The Naturalist on the Thames Later in the year, he assured me, there would be between 2,000 and 3,000 teal, mallards, canvas-backs, redheads and other varieties, all perfectly at home and fearless of danger. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation As I come round a bend, up get a mallard and a duck, and beautiful they look as they swing round me in the dazzling sunlight. A Cotswold Village All sere are the prairies and brown, in the glimmer and haze of the Autumn; From the far northern marshes flock down, by thousands, the geese and the mallards. Legends of the Northwest We have the gobbling of turkeys, and the hoarse, monotonous come back of the guinea-fowl, screaming of peacocks and geese, and quacking, hissing, and rasping of mallard and mus-covy. Birds in Town and Village Creeping up behind the dam, he killed a mallard fifty or sixty feet from the shore and attempted to wave it within reach by throwing stones back of it. Travels in Alaska A mallard is the drake of the wild duck. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools The game species were fine large green mallard; dark pintail; quail, and red-beaked brown partridge with the soft black eye. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Oft she came to the teepee and spoke; she brought him the tongue of the bison, Sweet nuts from the hazel and oak, and flesh of the fawn and the mallard. Legends of the Northwest Among these are the mallard and the beautiful woodduck, now less common on account of being so often shot at. The Yosemite After our tent was set and fire made, the head of the family paid us a visit and presented us with a fine salmon, a pair of mallard ducks, and a mess of potatoes. Travels in Alaska But it has not been domesticated: the tame ducks in India, as here, are all mallards. Concerning Animals and Other Matters They were the haunt of vast quantities of widgeon, teal, whistlers, mallard, ducks, snipe, curlew, blue fowl, and the usual varied habitués of an exceptionally good Indian lake. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter It is the cause of much mirth, for on the day, and in remembrance of the mallard, many an old and merry song is sung. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 345, December 6, 1828 A few mallards and a goose were here added to the ship's store next morning from the flats, and the weather clearing, we made Kaguiac, and found our sloop in good condition. American Big Game in Its Haunts The mallard's most remarkable characteristic is one which sets at defiance the speculations of the most profound ornithologist. The Book of Household Management What a multitude of wild ducks there are in Scotland and every other country, mallards, pintails, gadwalls, widgeons, pochards and teals, all very much alike in their habits and tastes! Concerning Animals and Other Matters The alder-buds were bursting; geese and teal and mallard swarmed about the river margin. The Magnetic North The numerous waterfowl -- mallard, teal, red-head, and dusky -- waddled and dived and fought the big mouse-colored pigeons for a share of the sparrow's crumbs. In the Quarter Unfavorable winds at Kaguiac delayed our sailing, so we passed the time in excursions after ptarmigans and mallards. American Big Game in Its Haunts Like a team of mallards in double column, plunging and lifting buoyant breasts to right and left alternately, the British fleet bore down upon the swan-like crescent of the foe. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale They look a little larger than mallard ducks, and are well feathered. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Keith, standing by his shack, knocked over a mallard within forty paces of his door. The Magnetic North There," Annette said, as she put down her armful in the tent; "that will make a pillow as cosy as a sack of mallard's down. Annette, the Metis Spy "Are the fancy kinds, like the mallards and canvas-backs that are in such demand by the epicures, still plentiful in their season?" Nature's Serial Story Our own little Lake Agassiz, in the New York Zoological Park, each year is the resort of hundreds of mallards and black ducks. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations It is a fine bird in point of size, but cannot boast the plumage of our mallard. Expedition into Central Australia Since Christmas there is sent you of your own hawk's killing, eleven teals, two mallards, and eleven bitterns. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries Overhead a red squirrel barked and frisked, and across the pale-blue sky, feathered nomads, teal or mallard, moved swiftly en echelon, their quivering pinions flashing like silver, as they fled southward. At the Mercy of Tiberius The goshawk will take a mallard with perfect ease, neatly and deliberately strip off the feathers, and then, like an epicure, eat the breast only. Nature's Serial Story The mallard and the graylag goose are the ancestors of our domestic ducks and geese. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations In doing this he roused some wild ducks; a mallard and two ducks got up, and they flew towards the larger lake. The Untilled Field When daylight came, they retrieved them with a boat, but were dismayed at finding that these birds were neither mallards, nor porchards, nor any known form of British duck; their colouring, too, seemed strangely brilliant. The Days Before Yesterday He tried another, and another; then a mallard he had not observed swam up from behind him, and was soon busy pecking at it within a yard of him. Foul Play In the corner stood their guns, and two or three wild mallards, which represented the scanty product of their morning’s labour, the iridescent necks of the dead birds replying to every flicker of the fire. The Hand of Ethelberta The mallard is missed, but the left barrel reaches the duck, and down it comes with a full and satisfying thud. Beatrice I had hoped to-morrow to have a flight at a heron of the pool or a mallard in the brook. Sir Nigel A roasted mallard duck, thought Soapy, would be about the thing—with a bottle of Chablis, and then Camembert, a demi-tasse and a cigar. The Four Million The All Souls men had already given up the custom of wandering about the College on the night of January 14th, with sticks and poles, in quest of the mallard. Oxford Soon a large flight came over, mixed up with mallard and widgeon. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Ho, Gaffer Fox!" he cried, as soon as he caught sight of the Earl of Mackworth, "what wind blows thee hither among us wild mallard drakes? Men of Iron And they learned to eat roasted mallard and canvasback in the California style of sixteen minutes in a hot oven. The Valley of the Moon Strong and ready hands turned him about and conveyed him in silence and haste to the sidewalk and averted the ignoble fate of the menaced mallard. The Four Million But now all hope of recovering him alive is lost, and it is reserved for the excavator of the future to marvel over the fossil bones of the "swopping, swopping mallard." Oxford They shot through the great cathedral door; Like mallards they traversed ocean: And gazing below, on its boiling floor, I marked a horrid commotion. Poems — Volume 1 The grave, sage hern thus easy picks his frog, And thinks the mallard a sad worthless dog. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns |
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