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  1. Wood Duck

    Wood Duck

    This park is part of a wood duck nesting box program. Usually not easy to find, we were surprised to see several dozen pairs of these colorful but wary North American endemic waterfowl. They prefer wooded swamps where they often hide in deep shade. The female has a decidedly understated look...
  2. Wood_Duck_and_Mallard.jpg

    Wood_Duck_and_Mallard.jpg

    Male Wood Duck dating female Mallard (since no female Wood Ducks around anyway!)
  3. Aix sponsa

    Aix sponsa

    The wood duck or Carolina duck is a species of duck found only in North America. The specimen photographed by me seems to have escaped from a western europe particular collection and migrated here in Vacaresti Nature Park in Romania.
  4. Wood Duck (female)

    Wood Duck (female)

    Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) female.
  5. Wood Duck

    Wood Duck

    This is a male. One of the more colorful but wary North American endemic ducks, I like the way the iridescent violet color glows on the chest and the bright red eye in this photo. They prefer wooded swamps where they often hide in deep shade. This one was perched with a female on a horizontal...
  6. Wood Duck (female).jpg

    Wood Duck (female).jpg

    Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) female
  7. Male wood duck

    Male wood duck

  8. Male wood duck

    Male wood duck

  9. Male wood duck

    Male wood duck

  10. Male wood duck

    Male wood duck

  11. Male wood duck

    Male wood duck

  12. Male wood duck

    Male wood duck

  13. Female wood duck

    Female wood duck

  14. Wood Duck

    Wood Duck

    Wood Duck pair
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    DSCN1658.JPG

    In the large freeze we had this winter there were about 70 ducks coming to our creek everyday for a week, because all of the ponds that they are normally on where froze. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/308172371
  16. wood ducks

    wood ducks

    A wood duck couple was spotted mingling with some mallards
  17. Wood duck_HF3.jpg

    Wood duck_HF3.jpg

    One of the most colorful waterfowl In North America.
  18. Wood duck_HF2.jpg

    Wood duck_HF2.jpg

    One of the most colorful waterfowl In North America.
  19. Wood duck_HF1.jpg

    Wood duck_HF1.jpg

    One of the most colorful waterfowl In North America.
  20. Male wood duck, breeding plumage

    Male wood duck, breeding plumage

    Simply a stunner of a bird. I traveled to a wetlands a bit farther north and west of my usual spots this weekend specifically to see this duck, as they had bred there in pretty good numbers last year and I was hoping they'd be back again this year. They are!
  21. Wood Duck

    Wood Duck

    This is a female with a decidedly understated look compared to the more showy males. These females closely resemble the Mandarin Duck of Asia which has been introduced in the wild in some areas and frequently escapes from avicultural collections in North America. Notice the much larger...
  22. Wood Duck

    Wood Duck

    Part of a small flock, this is a male. One of the more colorful but wary North American endemic ducks, I like the way the iridescent violet color glows on the chest and flanks in this photo. They prefer wooded swamps where they often hide in deep shade as seen here. Virtually extirpated in our...
  23. Wood Ducks (male & female).jpg

    Wood Ducks (male & female).jpg

    Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) Male and female.
  24. Wood duck

    Wood duck

    A drake showing full colors
  25. Wood Duck

    Wood Duck

    Took a walk on Christmas Day afternoon and found this stunning male Wood Duck in the middle of a pond on a neighbor's ranch. The lighting was perfect! We often see a pair of Wood Ducks fly over our property, heading in the direction of this ranch, but there was no female with him this time.
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