Mallard Eclipse
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Mallard Eclipse
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Digitally Enhanced Photograph
Description
Beautiful Mallard drake in eclipse plumage.
This eclipse plumage is why in mid-summer, it seems as though all the drakes have gone.
Flashes of iridescence become a scruffy mix of dark and buff feathers, while vivid tones are replaced by mottled, spotted and scaled patterns.
Drakes moult after the breeding season and are ‘in eclipse’ for several weeks, but as soon as their flight feathers have grown back – usually by October – their bright colouration returns.
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July 30th, 2021
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