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The original design for the statue had a bronze mallard duck near the figure's right foot. The planning application stated: "This duck is no mere whimsy. It is an allusion to Sir Nigel’s most famous locomotive, the Mallard, which holds the world speed record for steam locomotives. It is also an allusion to Sir Nigel’s habit of feeding ...
Their second album, Like a Duck to Water, was released in 1976. Borden and Mother Mallard continue performing Borden's recent and older music. David Borden and Mother Mallard continued performing and releasing albums in the following years, most notably on the Cuneiform record label. Borden adopted new digital synthesizer technology over time ...
Mallard ducks are not endemic to Niue, and the country's habitat is not suitable for them, as Niue lacks any surface fresh water, [5] [6] [3] which mallards require. [ 7 ] : 507 Trevor lived as a local celebrity in a particular roadside puddle which the Niue Fire Service would refill when it began to dry out; Trevett learned of Trevor when she ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. American animated television series (1991–1992) Darkwing Duck The show's logo featuring the title character Genre Superhero fiction Crime-Comedy Mystery Slapstick comedy Created by Tad Stones Directed by Tad Stones Alan Zaslove Ginny McSwain (dialogue director) Voices of Jim Cummings ...
The Mallard complex is a large branch of the Anas genus consisting of twelve closely related species. [3] Mexican duck (A. diazi) American black duck (A. rubripes) Mottled duck (A. fulvigula) Mallard (A. platyrhynchos) Indian spot-billed duck (A. poecilorhyncha) Philippine duck (A. luzonica) Laysan duck (A. laysanensis) Hawaiian duck (A.Wyvilliana)
A male mallard duck Subfamily: Aythyinae , diving ducks (Some 15 species of diving ducks , of worldwide distribution, in two to four genera; The 1986 morphological analysis [ 10 ] suggested the probably extinct pink-headed duck of India, previously treated separately in Rhodonessa , should be placed in Netta , but this has been questioned. [ 15 ]
Darkwing Duck is an American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company. It originally aired on the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and later Saturday mornings on ABC from 1991 to 1992. Reruns of the series continued to air on The Disney Afternoon until 1995 and again between 1996 and 1997. The series originally aired as a preview-run on The Disney Channel ...
On 3 July 1938, Mallard claimed the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h) during a trial run of a new, quick-acting brake, known as the Westinghouse QSA brake. The speed was achieved during the downward grade of Stoke Bank , south of Grantham at milepost 90¼, between Little Bytham and Essendine stations.