TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

In-Flight Mallards Mallard-Anas platyrhynchos Mallard-Anas platyrhynchos, Order ANSERIFORMES - Family ANATIDAE - Subfamily Anatinae. One of our most familiar ducks, found thorughout North America. The mallard is the ancestor of nealy all domestic breeds. These were found flying above Acton Lake in Heuston Woods State Park in SW Ohio in early March. Males have the green head, females dull brown all over. (Photo: March 2, 2004) For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Mallard_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.