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Saturday, September 26, 2015
MOLTING MALE MALLARD, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON
This is a male Mallard molting from eclipse (nonbreeding) plumage to breeding plumage. The Mallard has much of its breeding plumage, but its head and neck are still in eclipse plumage; not the green of breeding plumage. During the molt from eclipse to breeding plumage only the body feathers molt; the flight feathers do not.
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