It's baby duck season at the pond at Lincoln Park Pond and watching this mommy with her band of ducklings made me wonder if she had all girls given their feathers were all the same shade of brown like hers. Not so I learned. Male mallards start out the same but as they mature they develop their signature green heads and colorful plumage, all geared to make them attractive to the females. The females maintain brown and grey colored feathers which helps them hide from predators before and after they give birth.
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