I saw these mallards in the water by the Havre de Grace Lock House museum.

These next three birds are domestic mallards. They are also called barnyard ducks, since they normally live in captivity and after many generations of inbreeding, they can look very different from wild mallards. The first two birds were seen at the Havre de Grace promenade on January 14th, 2006. The last one was at the North East Town Park on February 5th, 2006.

I saw these mallard ducklings from the Havre de Grace promenade on June 4th, 2006.

These next mallards flew by the hawk watch platform in Cape May, NJ in mid October 2006.

This next bird flew over the impoundment at Swan Harbor in early August 2007.

I saw this bird at the Havre de Grace, MD marina in early October 2007.

Joyce and I saw these mallards at Cape May, NJ in October 2007.

Joyce and I saw these next mallards at the West Ocean City pond on December 31st, 2007. Note that the head of the first one looks purple instead of green. In the right light, the head color does appear to change.

This mallard chick was in the water near Tydings Marina in Havre de Grace, MD on July 11th, 2008.

This adult female mallard and two of her chicks were at Harford Glen, MD on July 13th, 2008.

I saw several Mallards at Cape May, NJ on February 21st, 2009.

These Mallards were at the Patterson Park lake in Baltimore, MD on June 12th, 2011.

Joyce and I saw this domestic Mallard at the Havre de Grace Promenade on May 27th, 2013.

This hen and her ducklings were at the picnic area pond at Susquehanna State Park on May 10th, 2014.

This domestic Mallard was at the Havre de Grace Promenade on January 25th, 2015.

I saw these Mallards in Columbia, MD on Feb 8th, 2015.

I saw these at Bombay Hook NWR, DE on January 5th, 2020.

This Mallard was at Susquehanna State Park, MD on April 12th, 2020.

These Mallards were at Bombay Hook on January 18th, 2021.

I saw these over the river in Cambridge, MD on February 19th, 2022.