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In Washington, it’s mallards — the most commonly observed species worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

Third place went to Illumination and Universal’s “Migration,” a PG-rated animated adventure about a family of mallards traveling South.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

Third place went to Illumination and Universal’s “Migration,” a PG-rated animated adventure about a family of mallards traveling South.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2023

Waldenström’s team now equips black-headed gulls and mallards with transmitters that cellphone towers and satellites can track.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

Frightful looked down on black ducks, mallards, bluewinged teals, plovers, godwits, yellowlegs, sandpipers—all the migrating birds that loved wetlands.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George