Cadence
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Cadence
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Original Fine Art Photography and digital artwork by Donna Kennedy...
A Mallard Mom and her baby ducklings out for a swim, Spring-Reno, Nevada 1119
Mallards are “dabbling ducks” (anas platyrhynchos) they feed in the water by tipping forward and grazing on underwater plants. They almost never dive. They can be very tame ducks especially in city ponds, and often group together with other Mallards and other species of dabbling ducks.
A female mallard lays up to a dozen eggs in nests on the ground near water, often in a small depression or tree hole. She lines the nest with warm down plucked from her undercoat. Soon after birth, baby ducks, called ducklings, open their eyes. A little more than a day after hatching, ducklings can run, swim, and forage for food on their own. They stay in the nest for less than a month. A group of ducklings is called a brood. Outside the nest, the brood sticks close by the mother for safety, often following behind her in a neat, single-file line.
Thank You to the Administrators that Featured this photo in the following Groups..
-Poetic Poultry
-This Way Arts
-Animal Photographs
-Greeting Cards For All Occasions
-Wildlife One A Day
-All About Nature And The Animals
-Fine Arts Professionals
-Fuzzy Warm and Soft
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June 11th, 2016
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