my favorite duck, when they come down the creek, you can hear them and if you look real fast, you might see him...my brother loved them so, he got a license to raise them for a while...
The rich, bold and striking colors of the Wood Duck are true. This is a beautiful one. Yes, the reflections are a bit dizzying but that's nature's abstract. Has my vote and is saved. Thanks Simon.
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Excellent to get so close. I like the way the duck's "wake" moves the reflections of the branches around on the water. The male woodies just look unreal; we have them here in Ohio in milder winters and they do nest here, but they seem to have moved a bit south this year. So what's a woodie doing in the UK???
Thanks both :-) We do see wood duck that have escaped from captivity in the wild sometimes, but this one was at Slimbridge, a Wildfowl and Wetland Trust reserve which provides a haven for wild and migrant birds and also has a captive breeding program, particularly for rare and endangered species.