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Mandarin Duck
Boisbriand, Québec
This mandarin duck drake was probably the single-most photographed individual bird in Québec at one point. Almost certainly an escapee from someone's pond, he had been seen off and on around the northern Montreal suburb of Laval for several years. As of January 2024, however, he appeared to have decided on the Rivière des Mille Îles in nearby Boisbriand as his permanent home, and he also found himself a companion in a female wood duck. It remains to be seen if we'll get any hybrid ducklings, but it's altogether possible, since mandarins and wood ducks are in the same genus.
Although this bird likely didn't originate in the wild, since the native range is mostly in China and most of the established feral populations are in different European countries, he has been living in nature for some time now, and has made enough of an impression on the locals to even appear in the evening news. Like so many others who come to Montreal from elsewhere and stay, he's made our city his home.
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