Life In Another Town's video: Lady McDuck - a hen Mallard duck who visits our garden to feed wash socialise with her drake pals

Lady McDuck - a hen Mallard duck who visits our garden to feed, wash & socialise with her drake pals. The fresh water and bird seed which my wife and I put out in the communal garden each day attracts many varieties of garden bird. However, the last several years, we have been visited by several ducks. The brown, speckled feathered, hen Mallard duck runs the male drake ducks a merry dance. They noisily quack, chase after her, compete and cavort , all vying for her attention. Lady McDuck is a tail shaker and a heart breaker. While we enjoy bird watching from the apartment window, the wildlife camera set up amongst the plants in the flower bed, is great for capturing video and photos of the birds and animals. According to the RSPB, the scientific name for the Mallard duck is "Anas platyrhynchos". The RSPB website says that "the Mallard is a large and heavy looking duck. It has a long body, and a long and broad bill. The male has a dark green head, a yellow bill, is mainly purple-brown on the breast and grey on the body. The female is mainly brown with an orange bill. Mallards breed in all parts of the UK in summer and winter, wherever there are suitable wetland habitats, although it is scarcer in upland areas. In the UK, mallards may be resident breeders or migrants - many of the birds that breed in Iceland and northern Europe spend the winter here (UK). Mallard ducks eat seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish." If you enjoyed watching this video then please click Like, Comment, Share, and Subscribe to the Life In Another Town YouTube channel. Thanks.