<i>Anas platyrhynchos</i>
Length: 23"
<p>
A Mallard is probably the most recognizable and best known duck
in the U.S.
It is also the most hunted.
You can see them year round in the Bay Area and sometimes they are so used to people you 
can get real close.
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<p>
Mallard's are dabbling ducks.
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