The Mallard Duck By: Sarah

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The Mallard Duck By Sarah
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Mallard Duck
Surface Features -grass -reeds -mud
Shelter -nests -in grass or reeds
Habitat Wetland
Vegetation -grass -plants -wet grass
Climate -warm
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Physical Features
Diet
Mallard Duck
Interesting Facts
Behaviors
Quiz
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Physical Features

• Mallards have orange webbed feet. A green head,
  yellow bill, wing, and tail.
• They are really good swimmers.
• Mallard ducklings are yellow and black. They have
  soft, fluffy feathers called down.
• Their feathers are waterproof.
• Staying dry helps them to float on water .
• They have an oil gland near its tail, to keep
  their feathers from getting wet.

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Behaviors

• Mallards find food as they swim.
• They fly in a flock.
• Mother ducks call to their babies when they are
  in danger.
• Baby ducklings fly when they grow adult feathers.

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Interesting Facts

• Mallard ducks water plants and sift through mud
  to find food.
• Mallards migrate in winter and their flock
  migrates north again when spring comes.
• They spend hours preening themselves, that is how
  they keep their feathers covered with oil. Males
  are called drakes and females are called hens.
• Their webbed feet push against the water like a
  boat paddle.
• Snapping turtles are a predator of the mallard
  duck.

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Quiz

• How does the mallard duck find food?
• What do their babies look like?
• How does the mallard duck react to predators?

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Diet

• Mallards dip their heads under the water to find
  food.
• They suck in worms insects and small fish from
  under water. Mallards also eat on land. They pick
  up seeds, grain and bury with their bill.

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Digital Picture and Information
Resourcesunless otherwise noted

• nationalzoo.si.edu
• animal.discovery.com
• oaklandzoo.org
• animalweb.com/