There Goes The Neighborhood by Randy McGovern

There Goes The Neighborhood

There Goes The Neighborhood
by Randy McGovern
23 ¾" by 16 ¾"
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There Goes The Neighborhood
by Randy McGovern
23 ¾" by 16 ¾"
Framed Size 33¾" by 26¾"

Conservation Framed Prints
Each double mat may vary from print to print according to which frame you choose. If you would like to
have a particular color of mat just email sales@watsonswildlife.com to place your order. The best matching color is used for
each individual print and is not always the color shown here.

Each print is framed using Conservation Acid Free & Lignin Free, Alkaline pH buffered matboard & backing.
In conservation framing, We use only Museum Quality materials and procedures that will have no adverse
effects on a piece of artwork and will protect the artwork from external damage.

There are three subspecies of this well known duck, of which the Northern Pintail (Anas acuta acuta) is the most common and often seen. They breed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and are highly migratory. In North America, they breed from Alaska south through most of Canada and the northern US. The winter range is very large as well, from California east to the Gulf states and south into Central America and even as far out as the Hawaiian Islands. The Eurasian breeding range begins in Iceland and extends east to Siberia and winter in Africa, the Middle East and most of south-east Asia.

There are no differences in the two populations as males are known for their long, black central tail feathers. The head is chocolate-brown with a white line running up the side of the neck; the breast is white, the back is finely mottled gray and black and wings have a bronzy-green speculum that is bordered tan in front and white behind. The bill is bluish-gray with a black streak and the legs and feet are dark gray. Hens resemble female Mallards, but appears more graceful with a long, slender neck and pointed tail.

MALLARDS

When most people are asked to name a wild species of duck, the most common response is Mallard. The Mallard is, without a doubt, the world's most popular duck, familiar to even those who are not aviculturists or birders. It is the ancestor of all domestic breeds (with the exception of the Muscovy) and can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. They are extremely adaptable and can be seen on just about every type of water, from city parks to farm ponds to big rivers. At the Kansas City Zoo, "wild" Mallards are often seen stealing food from dishes on exhibits and begging for snacks from visitors.

The drakes are often called Greenheads, the most recognizable feature is the drake's white neck-ring and glossy green head. The breast is dark brown and the rest of the body is gray. The drake has a bright yellow bill and orange legs and feet. Drakes also have the "curly-tail", a feature seen in all domestic ducks descendant of mallards. The hen is drab in comparision, being mostly mottled brown and black. Her bill is darker, and her legs and feet are orange as in the drake. Both sexes have a metallic blue wing speculum that is boarded both in front and back by narrow bands of white and black.

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