Whatever the reason, ducks can make good companions and offer some ... One duck owner on the Reddit subreddit r/ducks ...

The mallard hen makes the classic “quack” we associate with all ducks. The tones range from bossy to pleading to contented. Mallards also make a staccato ... Once the female chooses a mate ...

I grew up in northeast Ohio in the 1970s, which meant, as a duck hunter ... many sounds that pintails make,” Haydel said. “The hen does sound similar to a hen mallard, only much softer ...

Ducks are mysterious ... hunters can readily identify male from female mallards," Arnold said. "They prefer to shoot males, and they do shoot more of them. They always have." ...

Sportsmen who last week examined the new $1 Federal Duck Stamp, which every U ... size of a special delivery stamp, it showed a male and female mallard coming to rest on some marshland.