This winter plumage is called “eclipse” – an expression I like very much. “Eclipse” means to “cover or hide something,” or “deprive something of brightness,” and of course is also used in the case of ...

The plumage of an adult male mallard is absolutely spectacular. An iridescent metallic-green head that can shift from green to blue in the proper light would itself be enough to qualify the duck as ...

A 'blonde' Mallard duckling, an unusual plumage. Golden coloration makes the bird an easy predation target. By jim williams. May 29, 2017 at 3:43PM ...

A drake mallard/pintail hybrid is a magnificently beautiful bird, its plumage a seeming 50/50 mix of the best of both parents. The head is a mix of pintail chocolate and mallard emerald with the ...

The mallard hen is equally exquisite, but in a much less obtrusive way. She's smaller than her mate; and her variegated plumage is mostly brown, ...

Here's how to prepare for winter visitors. Story by Gary Clark, Kathy Adams Clark, correspondents ... Juvenile songbirds now acquiring adult plumage leave parental grounds to find new homes.

This mallard’s genetic makeup consisted of 71 percent wild genes and 29 percent farm-raised genes—right on the threshold of where birds stop ... It also featured very light-gray plumage.