Muscovy Duck

Title

Muscovy Duck

Artist

Mary Deal

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

Male Muscovy ducks have partial or all black heads with a larger red mass on their faces. Females will have more white in their heads and necks, to all white.

Muscovy ducks are brownish-black in coloration with some being light brown. They have iridescent green and purple dorsal plumage and white wing patches. The legs and feet are grayish-black and the iris is yellowish-brown. Males and females are similar in appearance, but males are nearly twice as large as females. Additionally, males have a patch of bare black skin surrounded by pinkish-red caruncles (fleshy outgrowths) which extend from the back of the eye to the bill. Although relatively silent, the male produces a low hissing sound and the female has a short, weak "quack."

Muscovy ducks feed on the roots, stems, leaves and seeds of aquatic and terrestrial plants, including agricultural crops. They also eat small fish, reptiles, crustaceans, insects, millipedes and termites. They flourish in the tropics, so with all our small critters and creepy crawlers, they never lack for food. In fact, they are welcome as they walk through our neighborhoods yards.

These birds are fairly friendly, especially when they know they'll be fed. They freely wander around local neighborhoods in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii.

The artist, Mary Deal, is also an award-winning author of mystery/thrillers, a short story collection and writers' reference books. Read about it here:

http://tinyurl.com/3z8pm3f

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February 20th, 2014

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