In spring flocks of mallards, drakes are more than females Female duck die more often during incubation and breeding. This leads to a rivalry of two or more drakes for the right to own a female, fights between them.
Drakes begin to flow after the autumn molt in September. A brief climax falls on October, after which the activity of birds decreases and dies out until the end of winter. With the beginning of spring, the activity of males increases again and lasts until May. The demonstrative behavior of drakes is typical of many members of the duck family. Current males gather in small groups on the water and swim around the selected female. Sometimes a duck chooses a drake - swims around it and repeatedly nods its head back ...
Mallard environment: whooper swans, mute swans, Eurasian coots, Black-headed gull, Common pochards, Taiga bean goose. Eurasian magpie builds a nest.
Video - Igor Byshnev (AVES)
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17 мар 2020
