Wood Duck smiles for its portrait
I am not one to normally seek out ducks for pictures but when these colorful creatures come to town, I do my best to pay them a visit. Wood Ducks…
Female Wood Duck reflections
There is a little park in a suburb of Denver where Wood ?Ducks? are known to frequent. I took a quick trip down there yesterday afternoon and unfortunately there weren't…
Elk calf really wants to play with a duck
This was a lot of fun to watch. This calf was wading in a pond when a duck arrived to go for a swim. The little guy (or gal) was…
Young Mallards go out for a morning swim
This is half of a brood of juvenile Mallard Ducks that was swimming across a pond this past weekend. While not ducklings anymore, they are still pretty darned cute and…
Mallards pay a surprise visit
Well, this was a bit of a surprise. I have a basic backyard bird feeder with safflower feed. To date haven't seen much beyond house finches and doves. Last week,…
Northern Shoveler Duck flashes his pants
The mood at the pond really went downhill this afternoon when Fred the Flasher arrived. ;-) Male Northern Shoveler ?ducks? at a pond in Thornton, Colorado, USA.?