A Young Female Wood Duck
The Wood Duck is a medium-sized perching duck. A typical adult is from 47 to 54 cm (19 to 21 in) in length with a wingspan of between 66 to 73 cm (26 to 29 in). This is about three-quarters of the length of an adult Mallard. It shares its genes with the Asian Mandarin Duck .
The adult male has distinctive multicolored iridescent plumage and red eyes,with a distinctive white flare down the neck. The female, less colorful, has a white eye-ring and a whitish throat. Both adults have crested heads. When swimming, Wood Ducks bob their head back and forth in a jerking motion, which makes them easy to spot
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Wish you all a good week - and thank you for your many visits and nice comments!!!
Eberhard Scholten 24. Juni 2011, 10:23
Hallo Adele, sehr schöne Nahaufnahme mit guter Spiegelung.Liebe Grüße
Eberhard
Günter Nau 7. Juni 2011, 12:27
Erstaunlich, was Deine Kamera wieder für eine Bildqualität liefert. Gefällt mir hervorragend.lg Günter
Pierre LAVILLE 3. Juni 2011, 19:51
J'aime beaucoup+++++++
Amitiés Pierre
Linda Herbert 2. Juni 2011, 7:07
Another Wow from me too! Great shot Adele!!! I'm amazed what you get from that Canon PowerShot. Makes me smile, you go girl!! Hugs ~ LindaLeeb Monika 1. Juni 2011, 22:15
Eine schöne Ente mit tollen Farbtupfern und toller Spiegelung!LG monika
Andrea Sagawe 1. Juni 2011, 19:31
Such a beautiful shot!!! Excellent sharpness on the headandrea
John Mc D 31. Mai 2011, 21:13
A very nice capturemelkart (pepe jaime) 31. Mai 2011, 9:33
Excelente captura. Precioso trabajo. Saludosadriana lissandrini 31. Mai 2011, 0:16
Excellente! sharpness and color at the topgreetings
Adriana
Ana Iglesias 31. Mai 2011, 0:08
Que maravilla!.Una nitidez impresionante.Me encanta.Un saludo
willy ombret 30. Mai 2011, 22:41
très belles structureswillt ombret
Tatjana Puc Kous 30. Mai 2011, 22:21
Mirror mirror tell me who is the most beauty....! Bravo!Alfred Schultz 30. Mai 2011, 21:26
I guess you didn't jerk yourhead, while taking this super
telelens picture?
Gruss - A.
iacob ion 30. Mai 2011, 20:25
Excellent capture ...super details and reflectons!Best wishes,Iacob
Vitória Castelo Santos 30. Mai 2011, 19:35
So sweet pic Adele!!!!!!!!Regards
Vitoria