1. Darwin noticed that some monogamous birds have very colorful males: mallards, for example, and blackbirds.

2. CWA Banding crews target mallards in the late spring and summer, Banding many that are too young to fly

3. Any of various ducks, chiefly of the genus Anas, including the mallards, teals, and shovelers , that feed by dabbling in shallow water and are favored as game birds.

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5. ‘Arctic terns, Mew gulls, scaup, shoveler, buffleheads, Baldpates, yellow legs and various passerines were observed.’ ‘Examples of dabbling ducks are the mallards, cinnamon teals, shovellers, green and blue-winged teals, pintails, black ducks, Baldpates and gadwalls.’

6. ‘The plumages of hand-reared mallards, Baldpates, blue-winged teal, shovellers and ring-necked ducks develop more slowly although pintails, redheads and canvasbacks appear similar.’ ‘American Wigeons dominate the marsh this season; their creamy-white crowns are suggestive of their nickname: Baldpates.’

7. ‘The plumages of hand-reared mallards, Baldpates, blue-winged teal, shovellers and ring-necked ducks develop more slowly although pintails, redheads and canvasbacks appear similar.’ ‘American Wigeons dominate the marsh this season; their creamy-white crowns are suggestive of their nickname: Baldpates.’

8. ‘The loud Cackle of the roosting birds on the trees disturbed her thought.’ ‘Close by lies a lochan, known locally as the duck pond, a place usually ringing with the Cackles of mallards.’ ‘The vocalizations of falconids are simple, repeated monosyllabic calls, described variously as Cackles, chatters, squawks, croaks, wails and whines.’