Ducks in a row

So this is not a Delta picture nor is it a picture of ducks in a row....we have a park about two blocks from our house which Daru and I walk in almost every morning. We have watched several duck families (with 2-12! ducklings) grow up in the last month. Here you see a male mallard, but not in all its glory. Males molt after the babies hatch and they look like females until the fall. This is the only time they also shed their flight feathers so they can't fly (according to World Book). This guy is losing his pretty green head and by now all of the males do look like girls. We did see some ducks at Delta too- they were not molting yet. We fed them from the boat and the mama duck actually ate from my hand and tried to eat my finger too.