Did you know that some Mallards migrate? Migrating mallards have been clocked flying at 55 miles per hour, faster than the average waterfowl. They ususally crew around 10,000 feet but can go higher. Once a mallard was struck by a commercial airliner at 21,000 feet!

The male mallard has the beautiful emerald green head while the female is quite muted with shades of brown. Males mate with as many females as they can.

This mallard statue is made of bronze in the USA. In the statue you see a mallard just before it lands with it's feet and wings extended. Sculptor did a good job creating each feather. 

America's most common duck.