HI!! My name is Marc, and for my behavioral ecology project I am studying Mallard Ducks. I chose to study this animal because I wanted to study an animal that was easy to find and somewhat large. I live in the city, so finding animals to observe in the actual city is very difficult. So the duck became the perfect choice for me. Im doing my observations from the bank of a man-made large pond. The pond has an grass island in the middle of it and the ducks are usually found there or swimming in the surrounding waters. The ducks are normally in large flocks of about 30 and maybe even larger. The male ducks are very different looking from the female ducks. The males have a green head, yellow beak and brown, white, black and grey body. The females on the other hand are a speckled brown, white and black color. At this time of year, the ducks are in the process of courting each other (trying to find mates), although they do not mate until the spring of next year. I also found through my personal experiments that the ducks will not eat colored bread (red, green and blue) as much as they will eat normal colored bread. The ducks are sometimes even scared by the colored bread or they will completely ignore it.

One of my favorite activities is playing soccer. But I also really like to explore/adventure around the Bay Area with my friends.