Mallards are a Threat to Mottled Ducks in Florida
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2014
These wild birds migrate out of Florida to northern breeding areas in the spring and are not present in Florida during the mottled duck breeding season. State biologists are observing more and more mixed flocks and mixed pairs in the wild and these feral mallards are mating with mottled ducks, producing a hybrid offspring.
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