a head shot of a female mallard duck with a feather on her beak

bird animal duck waterbird ducks wildlife beak waterfowl mallard goose nature grass wing swan prairie shorebird fowl female mallards mottled brown darker feathers heads violet-blue flash “speculum” tipped black white bars underparts paler tail orange-red legs feet bills brownish-orange shade marked splodges standing showing lovely orange webbed two thher ther head shot feather