Because the ducks 'mating season was about to arrive, the males had donned bright and colorful feathers, and each species look different, their heads decorated as though they were wearing make-up for Chinese opera. The two thick white eyebrows of the paimeiya (Anas quelquedula) were especially striking.
因為水鴨的繁殖期將至，一隻隻雄鴨都已換好一身鮮豔的繁殖羽；每個鴨種長相不同，鴨頭上像是戴著一張張國劇臉譜，白眉鴨頭上的兩道濃厚白眉，尤其醒目。