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Mallard Pair Bond
Howard County, MD
Valentine's Day
5/14/07
Mark Burchick
MALLARD PAIR BOND

A male and female mallard, hang out along Burchick's creek. They amble from ice patch to ice patch, poking the stream bank for food. You can see dirt and vegetation on the ice of the stream where they have been searching. The in-stream feeding effort is due to the hard-packed, wet snow and ice from yesterday's storm event, and the lack of typical winter food stuffs that are temporarily covered.
As soon as the weary mallards saw me they took off. A blue heron was with them, but he took off while I was slinking toward them.
They looked like wood ducks as they got some giddy-up and negotiated through the trees.
Weaving and bobbing.
We're outta here.
Smooth alder along the stream.
Riffles.
Submitted by: Mark Burchick

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