Once the female mallard has laid her eggs, the male heads off, sometimes with other males, to a safe spot to moult to loose his conspicuous breeding plumage.
This process, called going into eclipse, had just begun with the birds here.
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Once the female mallard has laid her eggs, the male heads off, sometimes with other males, to a safe spot to moult to loose his conspicuous breeding plumage.
This process, called going into eclipse, had just begun with the birds here.