Adult and young mandarin ducks are seen flying from their nests in the woods of Zhaolin Park, Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
Mandarin ducks usually make habitats in the areas surrounding water bodies, like marshes, swamps, lagoons and water meadows. When they're laying eggs, they move into holes in trees where it is warm and safe.
Female mandarin ducks are the primary caregivers of ducklings. Fathers are usually absent; they might stick around the nest during the initial egg-laying stages.
Shortly after the ducklings' hatch, the mother ducks fly down to the ground and encourage their young to follow suit. After one to two days, the baby mandarin ducks could be seen following their mothers to feed, swim and dive.
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