THE CHASE (Time - 12:05:44). Like romance in most other species, this ritual started with a courtship - the female swims around the pond and the male tails it, both making sweet quack-quacks.
I presumed that the smaller duck at left is the female, and the one at right is the male ("he" will mount "her" later).


Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

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