How to draw a Duck step by step

How to draw Duck - step by step - Fact - Many species of duck are temporarily flightless while moulting; they seek out protected habitat with good food supplies during this period. This moult typically precedes migration. How to draw Duck - step by step - Fact - A duckling is a young duck in downy plumage or baby duck; but in the food trade young adult ducks ready for roasting are sometimes labelled "duckling". How to draw Duck - step by step - Fact - Southern resident species typically show less sexual dimorphism, although there are exceptions like the paradise shelduck of New Zealand which is both strikingly sexually dimorphic and where the female's plumage is brighter than that of the male. The plumage of juvenile birds generally resembles that of the female. How to draw Duck - step by step - Fact - The overall body plan of ducks is elongated and broad, and the ducks are also relatively long-necked, albeit not as long-necked as the geese and swans. The body shape of diving ducks varies somewhat from this in being more rounded. How to draw Duck for kids - step by step - Fact - To avoid injury when digging into sediment it has no cere, but the nostrils come out through hard horn. How to draw Duck for kids - step by step - Fact - The ducks are generally monogamous, although these bonds generally last only a single year. Larger species and the more sedentary species (like fast river specialists) tend to have pair-bonds that last numerous years. Most duck species breed once a year, choosing to do so in favourable conditions (spring/summer or wet seasons). How to draw Duck for kids - step by step - Fact - A male duck is called a drake and the female duck is called a duck, or in ornithology a hen.[citation needed] How to draw Duck for kids - step by step - Fact - The wings are very strong and are generally short and pointed, and the flight of ducks requires fast continuous strokes, requiring in turn strong wing muscles. Three species of steamer duck are almost flightless, however. How to draw cartoon Duck - step by step - Fact - Diving ducks and sea ducks forage deep underwater. To be able to submerge more easily, the diving ducks are heavier than dabbling ducks, and therefore have more difficulty taking off to fly. How to draw cartoon Duck - step by step - Fact - Dabbling ducks feed on the surface of water or on land, or as deep as they can reach by up-ending without completely submerging.[3] Along the edge of the beak there is a comb-like structure called a pecten. How to draw cartoon Duck - step by step - Fact - The bill is usually broad and contains serrated lamellae, which are particularly well defined in the filter-feeding species. In the case of some fishing species the bill is long and strongly serrated. The scaled legs are strong and well developed, and generally set far back on the body, more so in the highly aquatic species. How to draw cartoon Duck - step by step - Fact - Ducklings can also be orphaned by inconsistent late hatching where a few eggs hatch after the mother has abandoned the nest and led her ducklings to water. How to draw Duck easy - step by step - Fact - The drakes of northern species often have extravagant plumage, but that is moulted in summer to give a more female-like appearance, the "eclipse" plumage. How to draw Duck easy - step by step - Fact - A few specialized species such as the mergansers are adapted to catch and swallow large fish. How to draw Duck easy - step by step - Fact - Ducks also tend to make a nest before breeding, and after hatching to lead their ducklings to water. Mother ducks are very caring and protective of their young, but may abandon some of their ducklings if they are physically stuck in an area they cannot get out of (including nesting in an enclosed courtyard) or are not prospering due to genetic defects or sickness brought about by hypothermia, starvation, or disease. How to draw Duck easy - step by step - Fact - Most domestic ducks neglect their eggs and ducklings, and their eggs must be hatched under a broody hen or artificially. How to draw Duck for Beginners - Fact - This strains the water squirting from the side of the beak and traps any food. The pecten is also used to preen feathers and to hold slippery food items. How to draw Duck for Beginners - Fact - The others have the characteristic wide flat beak adapted to dredging-type jobs such as pulling up waterweed, pulling worms and small molluscs out of mud, searching for insect larvae, and bulk jobs such as dredging out, holding, turning head first, and swallowing a squirming frog. How to draw Duck for Beginners - Fact - The Guardian (British newspaper) published an article on Monday 16 March 2015 advising that ducks should not be fed with bread because it damages the health of the ducks and pollutes waterways. How to draw Duck for Beginners - Fact - Ducks exploit a variety of food sources such as grasses, aquatic plants, fish, insects, small amphibians, worms, and small molluscs.