The+Royal+Duck

=**__Ecosystem in Utebo __: **=
 *  Ánade Real - ROYAL DUCK - **Anas platyrhynchos.

__General Characteristics:__ //Like // //all wild mallard ducks it is a great flier that is also perfectly adapted to life in the aquatic environment.In fact,watching the " ditch" and taking off flight from the water are spectacular views.It is also  spectacular to watch how they use their wide flat peak to sift the mud for seeds , plant shoots , insects , mollusks, <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">from the water. // __//<span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Reproduction: //__ //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Another // //<span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">feature of this species is its sexual dimorphism <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">While the male's plumage has very striking colors <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">, <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">with bright green head and white collar <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">, <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">the female carries the so-called <span class="hpsatn" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">" <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">cryptic plumage" <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">that helps to pass unnoticed among the vegetation <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">, <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">making it easier to raise their chicks <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. // __//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Habitat: //__ //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">They often // //<span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">nest in groups among the lower branches of trees and shrubs <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">, constructing <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">a <span class="hpsatn" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">bowl- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">shaped nest <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">of plant material based mixed with hardened mud and saliva <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">However,during the winter they group with other thrushes forming large flocks feared by farmers in the olive fields <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">**. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Food // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: <span class="hpsatn" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">( <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Omnivore <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">grass/ant <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">) <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Comeseeds <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">, <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">grainsand aquatic invertebrates. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">** <span class="hps" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// Migration // <span class="shorttext" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// : // <span class="hps" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// (no // <span class="shorttext" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// ) // <span class="hps" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// sedentary //// bird // <span class="shorttext" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">//. //  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">** //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Breeding season // //<span class="hpsatn" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">( <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">eggs) <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">inthe spring <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> it <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">makesafantastic lay of 9 to13 eggs <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. //

== **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cuestionario/ __** **//__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Questionnaire __//** **//__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: (by Alberto Velilla from 4th E) __//** ==

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> -Al acuático. <span class="hps" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// –to // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">the // //<span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">water <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-Al volador. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">– <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">flying <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> area // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-Al acuático y al volador. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">- <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">To the water and flying <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> area //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">1.- ¿A que medio de vida esta adaptado? ** //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">way of life ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">is it adapted to // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">? //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> -En el pico. <span class="hps" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// the //// peak // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-En el plumaje. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">the ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">plumage // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-En las patas. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">- the legs //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">2.- ¿En que se diferencian los machos de las hembras? **<span style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What // //<span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">is the difference betweenmales andfemales <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">? //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> -Plumas corrientes.// – Current Feathers. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-Plumaje críptico.// - cryptic plumage. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-Plumaje olivero. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">– Olive colour Plumage. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">3.- ¿Cómo se llama el plumaje de la hembra? ** //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What do you call ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">the plumage ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">of ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">the ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">female // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">? //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> -Entre ramas bajas.// Among lowbranches. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-En arbustos.// In shrubs. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-Entre ramas bajas y arbustos. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Among <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">lowbranchesandbushes //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">4,- ¿Dónde suele anidar? ** <span class="hps" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// Where do they //// usually //// nest // <span class="shorttext" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// ? //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> -Con barro. <span class="hpsatn" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// " // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// With mud . // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-Con saliva. <span class="hpsatn" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// " // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">// With saliva. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">-Con materia vegetal, barro y saliva. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">" // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">With <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">vegetable matter <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">, mud <span class="hps" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">andsaliva <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">5.- ¿Con que construye sus nidos? ** //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">do they ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">build ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">their ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">nests // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">? //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grandes bandadas. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Large // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">flocks // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-Grandes nidos. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Large // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">nests // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">. // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-Grandes plumas. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Big- // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">feathers. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">6.- ¿Qué forma durante el invierno? ** //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What ////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">do they form in winter // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">? //