Wood Ducks

Thought I'll share some pictures here which I took during a walk in a local park here.

Hen and Drake, She doesn't look very interested :)

Maybe the approach from the back will work better

A little swimming around may wear her down

Too much swimming around, competition on the horizon

Excellent photos . . . and I think the little vixen is just playing hard-to-get!!!! The reflections in that last two photos are perfect.

Thanks for sharing - they are so beautiful, they look like statues (carved from wood!).

Beautiful pics Panamon!!! Please be sure to post more when you have time.
Thank you for sharing these with us!

Here another with nice reflections.

Btw all of the above pictures have Geo location data in the EXIF file and DG doesn't strip the data. So if you download the picture, open it with Picasa2 and then Google Earth (if you have both) you can see where the picture was taken :)

Great pic Panamon!

Breathtaking!!!

Oh Milan you held some goodies back! ;) Fantastic shots (and a wonderful storyline to go along with it). :D Off to do some downloading!!! :D

Who would've believed that a forest like that was in Montreal! :D Folks you should really follow Milan's suggestion to see where he took the above pics!

Excellent photography, and the setting is just beautiful! I keep trying to talk my DH into moving to Canada, maybe this will help!
(hehe, I'm a Floridian who wants to move to Canada to retire - I've moved north to Georgia, just gonna keep going!)

A great series of shots, of a beautiful bird. I really like the shots with the reflections. Great job.

Thanks folks, took a while to get some nice shots of these rather skittish birds. Best time of the year to see the nice colors of the drake, in a short time they'll be less colorful.

Great shots. I have been seeing many of these lately. A few weeks ago, I saw 12 males after 1 female. Every time I saw them after that there were a few less males, as she was tossing them out of the running. They are in the woods now and in the trees, either nesting or scouting nests. It amazes me the distance they will make a nest from the water, poor little woodlings have quite a tough walk over big logs and sticks to get to the water, where the big snappers and pike are waiting. Last year I was walking in the woods and came upon a troop of them heading to the water. What a sight that was. A few minutes one way or another and I would have missed the peepers. What a wonderful duck. They look so unreal, wooden, carved or plastic. I so love seeing these. Thanks for sharing your sightings.

Yes! let us not forget the first jump!
Nothing like watching nature to see how good we have it with our fancy outdoor clothing, nice warm houses, food easy to get, and nothing trying to eat us.