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Mallards have had a long relationship with humans. Almost all domestic duck breeds derive from the mallard, with the exception of a few Muscovy breeds, [146] and are listed under the trinomial name A. p. domesticus. Mallards are generally monogamous while domestic ducks are mostly polygamous.
Mallards, both domestic and wild in particular are notorious hybridizers, know to frequently hybridize within the mallard complex and even outside of Anas. The willingness to hybridize has concerned conservationists as the gene flow from the mallard may pollute pure populations of more vulnerable species such as the Mexican duck. [ 2 ]
The Quad City Mallards were a minor professional ice hockey team in the United Hockey League. The Mallards played their home games at The MARK of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois . They won the Colonial Cup playoff championship in 1997, 1998, and 2001, as well as the Tarry Cup regular season championship in 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
The Mallards were an overwhelming success in their first few years, with attendance figures that regularly topped 6,000 per game. Attendance peaked in the 1997–98 season at over 8,500 fans per game, and while it declined, average attendance remained over 6,000 fans per game through the 2001–02 season.
In what is being billed by the team as “Duck Hunting Season,” the Steel will face off against the Minnesota Mallards Friday at the Chippewa Area Ice Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
The Minnesota Mallards are a Tier II junior ice hockey team located in Forest Lake, Minnesota, in the greater Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. The team is scheduled to begin play in the fall of 2024, as the 8th in the NAHL's Central Division. The Mallards are owned by Charles Bailey, [2] and the team will be coached by Terry Watt.
The "Muskallards" nickname is inspired by the myth of Bozho, who, according to the Madison Mallards, [13] a Loch Ness-type monster located in Lake Mendota. The Muskallards logo is the same as the Mallards "M" logo, but instead of a Mallard tail, it now has the tail of a Muskie (hence the name "Muskallards", which is a combo of Muskies and ...
Make Way for Ducklings is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey.First published in 1941 by the Viking Press, the book centers on a pair of mallards who raise their brood of ducklings on an island in the lagoon in the Boston Public Garden.