Mallard family photo, copyright flickr user Dave W. He is a great photographer, here is a link to his flickr photostream.
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Yesterday was a great birding day. When I was in the house yesterday morning (before I went out), my papa called out "I hear a woodpecker outside. I think it's a flicker". I went outside and didn't see any woodpecker, but I did see/hear both a starling and mockingbird mimicking different calls, as well as some of my 'regulars'. Also near home yesterday I had a Kestrel sighting. I went to Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton, a half hour from my house, which has a duck pond which has:
2 Resident Mute Swans
Resident Domestic Swan Geese
1 Resident Egyptian Goose
1 Resident Domestic Muscovy Duck
As well as mallards, canada geese and a wood duck that sometime fly in and out. Lately the Wood Duck has always been there, I think he's made it his summer home. Yesterday there were there was a mama duck and its 8 ducklings (I'm not sure if it was a mallard or a black duck -- but I think it was a mallard). I didn't get any photos of her or her ducklings, but I've included a photo of a similar-sized mallard family. The ones I saw, one or two were very adventuresome, staying a fair distance away from mama duck.
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