Good point!
Sometimes she will just do a circle around, like in the video. Sometimes she likes to visit the chicken side of the yard because, well, sometimes the grass just looks greener I guess LOL. She has gotten better in her landing and she loves to land back on the ducks side of the yard and splash down in to her pool. 
Yes, that's definitely a mallard female! As @sourland said, the hatchery bred mallards have lost most of their instincts and won't migrate. Three of my four Indian Runners, the females, have recently started to take short flights too. Nothing compared to Luna, but much faster than running down the hill to get the treats. And yes, we're still working on those landing techniques, we have just achieved the belly flop without ground looping…I picked up some ducks from my local Tractor Supply. They are almost 4 months old now. I thought I was grabbing 3 Rouen. As they grew one wasn't growing like the others. She was so much smaller. I figured that it must have been a runt. More time goes on and I was concerned about the pretty significant size difference between the 3. It looked like I had a Large (turned out to be a drake), a Medium (turned out to be a female) and the Small. After more research, I discovered that she (yes she is female) turned out to be a Domesticated Mallard. That was the reason for the size difference. They are 1/2 the size and weight of Rouens. Another way to tell the difference is the small Mallards will have a back toe removed on one of their feet which is required for any that are sold domestically. My little Luna loves to take a fly around the yard. I think she just likes to stretch her wings.
