Mallard duck with mixed male/female plumage!

[ElGoose]

Thought you guys might appreciate these pics, I heard male mallards will shed after the breeding season and look more like females, I managed to snap quite a few pics of this one as well as next to male and female ducks so you can really see the difference you can kind of see the gradual change

 

[cheezenkwackers]

My drake is half way to his first eclipse plumage. He looks so strange right now.

 

[My15Ducks]

My drake is half way to his first eclipse plumage. He looks so strange right now.

Mine is just starting! It’s so weird

 

[My15Ducks]

Mine is just starting! It’s so weird

Here he is. The person I got him from said he’s Silverappleyard mix