Introducing the North Bay Snow Ducks

Baytoday.ca reader Debbie Marson of Benjamin James Marketing Communications couldn’t believe what she saw when she looked out her window at work today -- along with all the snow was a team of Mallard ducks in the middle of McIntyre Street West.

Marson says with a plough heading down the street a neighbour rushed out with some bread to coax the team onto the sidewalk.

According to ‘All About Birds’ (AAB) the Mallard is one of the most familiar of ducks, and is found throughout North America and all across Eurasia. The also note that the Mallard is the most heavily hunted duck in North America.

The male has a bright green head and pale body makes a soft rasping quack (aka a grunt and whistle) during display, while the female, who is a dull brown all over makes a loud series of quacks. Mallard pairs for the most part are monogamous, and that the pairing forms long before the spring breeding season.