Mallard day

[caption id="attachment_514" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="The mating game."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_524" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="The mallards In Newtown come in all different colours.Lots of scuffles with the males poor rings think its mating season with this mild winter we are getting here in Newtown"][/caption]

Two different colours of Mallard drakes.

[caption id="attachment_420" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="splashdown"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="pair of Mallards."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_422" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Hen coming in to land."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_423" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="the colony or is that a quackery."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_424" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="the quackery on the move."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_426" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="not a good shot as I was concentrating on his colours."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_427" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="make way for the landing."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_429" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="We have touchdown."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_431" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="The duck and the ice crystals."][/caption]