First Wood DUck

[Pat]

This is my first wood duck encounter. Luckily I had just got a Nikon D90 DSLR for my birthday. Although it lets you do just about anything manually to the taking of a picture that you might ever want or need to do, this was a snapshot taken on full automatic, point and shoot mode so to speak.

The color on the water's surface is not stuff on or in the water but is reflections. I wish I had nesting pairs of these colorful guys.

Oh, by the way they sure like flour tortillas.

The only processing I did was to crop out some unwanted space. I did absolutely nothing else to this picture. I don't think you need to enhance a snap of one of these colorful guys.

Pat

[Pat]

Here is the wood duck with a tortilla in his bill being pursued to mug him for the tortilla. The pursuer is mallard sized which shows the diminutive stature of the smaller wood duck.

[Tod]

very cool, Pat!

I have a maple tree in my yard that has been the home of wood ducks for a few years now. They make their nest way up at the top of it. As with most birds, the female doesn't look much like the male.

Tod

[Pat]

Tod, you are lucky to have such a beautiful creature as a living yard ornament. We see the occasional painted bunting in our yard, which also is a special treat.

Pat