Happy Wood Duck Couple
by Linda Brody
Title
Happy Wood Duck Couple
Artist
Linda Brody
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Happy Wood Duck Couple.
The Wood Duck is one of the most stunningly beautiful of all waterfowl. Males are iridescent chestnut and green, with ornate patterns on nearly every feather; the elegant females have a distinctive profile and delicate white pattern around the eye. Wood Ducks have a unique shape among ducks—a boxy, crested head, a thin neck, and a long, broad tail. In flight, they hold their head up high, sometimes bobbing it. Overall, their silhouette shows a skinny neck, long body, thick tail, and short wings.
In good light, males have a glossy green head cut with white stripes, a chestnut breast and buffy sides. In low or harsh light, they'll look dark overall with paler sides. Females are gray-brown with white-speckled breast. In eclipse plumage (late summer), males lose their pale sides and bold stripes, but retain their bright eye and bill. Juveniles are very similar to females.
These birds live in wooded swamps, where they nest in holes in trees or in nest boxes put up around lake margins. They are one of the few duck species equipped with strong claws that can grip bark and perch on branches.
This photograph has been featured in the following Groups:
FAA Bird Portraits
Wildlife 1 A Day
Arts Fantastic World
Kingdom Anamalia
A Birding Group - Wings
Nikon Full Frame Cameras
Images that Excite
Wild Birds of the World
Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery
Birds in Focus
Camera Art
FAA New Uploads
Photography and Nature 101
Ducks Geese and Swans
10+
Wonder of Wings
500 Views
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December 2nd, 2018
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