Jeanette, Buster, and I went birding this morning with the
South Lane Birders at the Row River Nature Park, formerly called the East
Regional Park, in Cottage Grove. It was
a good couple of hours of birding, identifying two dozen different
species. The best photo I took
was of this male Wood Duck. The significant
thing here is that he is already sporting his bright breeding colors which he will
wear until early summer. Fall is that
time of year when I have a tendency to look wistfully back at summer, but Mr.
Wood Duck is a guy already looking forward towards the new season.
What amazing colors. Great capture, Jim.
ReplyDeleteSo funny - at first I thought Wow, unreal! So beautiful! Then I noticed you called it a wood duck. Oh, i fell for your joke! I read your post very carefully and after googling it. I was even MORE amazed! What a city girl I must be! But this reminded me of another creature I just discovered last week, the painted grasshopper.
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