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ufinderip In reply to Lou-in-Canada [2010-05-20 05:09:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for comment

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Lou-in-Canada In reply to ufinderip [2010-05-20 05:57:24 +0000 UTC]

sure, my pleasure. BUT.. I want to know what you said in the comment box too!.. lol. I speak 5 languages, but unfortunately, not yours. haha. it always Bugs me when i can`t understand, althugh I can make out a little of it. Let`s see.. checking back and forth text and photograph)

Envergadura 50-65 cm. (Size? )
Pato grande con un pico largo. (Something big with a small something else)
El macho posee una cabeza y cuello verde, (the male has a green.. head? and neck?)
separados del pecho por un collar blanco; (separated from the ? by a white collar?)
su pecho de color castaño vinoso y vientre blanquecino. (his chest? of winebrown colour and whitelike belly?)
Cola gris bordeada de blanco; (? is grey-white, grey bordering onwhite?)
alas gris pardas o espejuelo azul. (? something grey.. and ? blue)
Pico amarillo verdoso y patas color rojo-anaranjado. (??? nope, dont get anything here except it`s about colour red-? )
La hembra es parda con el espejuelo púrpura. (something is part of something else thats purple?)

Su alimentación es vegetal (semillas), (yes! his alimentation-food is plant (don`t know semillas?)
aunque en verano también granos cultivados, (something about cultivated grains )
así como pequeños animalillos, (something about small-tiny animals?)
en su mayoría acuáticos. (and majority is water-birds?)


And.. how did I do for a language I dunno?
(I`m fluent in French though, that always helps)

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ufinderip In reply to Lou-in-Canada [2010-05-20 07:22:25 +0000 UTC]

The Mallard is 56–65 cm long, has a wingspan of 81–98 cm, and weighs 0.9–1.2 kg. The breeding male is unmistakable, with a bright green head, black rear end and a yellowish orange (can also contain some red) bill tipped with black (as opposed to the dark brown bill in females). The female Mallard is light brown, like most female dabbling ducks. However, both the female and male Mallards have distinct purple speculum edged with white, prominent in flight or at rest (though temporarily shedded during the annual summer moult). In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage the drake becomes drab, looking more like the female, but still distinguishable by its yellow bill and reddish breast.

The Mallard is a rare example of both Allen's Rule and Bergmann's Rule in birds. Bergmann's Rule, which states that polar forms tend to be larger than related ones from warmer climates, has numerous examples in birds. Allen's Rule says that appendages like ears tend to be smaller in polar forms to minimize heat loss, and larger in tropical and desert equivalents to facilitate heat diffusion, and that the polar taxa are stockier overall. Examples of this rule in birds are rare, as they lack external ears. However, the bill of ducks is very well supplied with blood vessels and is vulnerable to cold.

In captivity, domestic ducks come in wild-type plumages, white, and other colours. Most of these colour variants are also known in domestic mallards not bred as livestock, but kept as pets, aviary birds, etc., where they are rare but increasing in availability.

A noisy species, the male has a nasal call, the female has a "quack" stereotypically associated with ducks.

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Lou-in-Canada In reply to ufinderip [2010-05-21 16:03:25 +0000 UTC]

Allriight!

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ufinderip In reply to Ernesto1971 [2010-05-20 05:09:06 +0000 UTC]

Muchas gracias.

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Ernesto1971 In reply to ufinderip [2010-05-20 12:00:39 +0000 UTC]

De nada,cuac,cuac,

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