Where's the water??!! Ooops, our Vancouver Island ducks aren't so used to landing on frozen water and it ends up being a bit of a slide for some of them. This guy used some 'rear end gear' to help control the landing. Mallard facts: Mallards are among the most prolific breeders in the waterfowl world and North America has more mallards than any other continent.

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