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shoregal Asked:

Spring visitors

For the past 8 years, we have a mallard duck couple who show up at our back door every spring. I have read that mallards don't really "mate for life"...could they be the same ducks every year?

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Balrog Answered:

Migratory waterfowl "imprint" on their surroundings soon after hatching, and the females will very often return to the place they hatched to attempt a nest.  Most likely, the female (hen) is always the same duck, while the male (drake) probably isn't, but follows the hen to her nesting area.  Mallards can live for as long as 20 years, so you may see the lady for several more years. 

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Elden
Elden Answered:

Yes, they can be. I saw the same thing in a swimming pool.

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