The drakes make a soft, nasal quack that sounds like “dweek.” Mallard Duck Feeding Habits. Mallards are dabbling ducks, meaning they skim and tip up to feed on seeds and invertebrates.

Their one-bird-limit status speaks to their decline in population dating back to the ‘50s, a result of habitat loss and interbreeding with mallards. Like their Gulf-Coast cousin, the mottled duck, ...

When you think “duck,” the duck that probably comes to mind (besides Donald Duck) is the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Mallards are the quintessential duck. They quack like a duck should. They ...

If you’re like most duck hunters, a mallard call is what you want to start with. Puddle ducks and even occasionally divers will work to a mallard call. But if you hunt wood ducks specifically, or ...

How to Call Ducks: First, Sound Like a Hen Mallard. More often than not when calling to ducks, you want to imitate the sounds of a hen mallard. Getty Images.

Mallard ducks are usually humble creatures, feeding on smaller foods like insects, berries, and plants. On the other hand, they appear to be going through a bit of a change in diet as of late. Image ...

An interspecies pair of Wood and Mallard ducks are finding love in Central Park, ... The male wood duck has had other mallard girlfriends in the past like in this image from 2022.