This is the male wood duck with eclipse (late summer) plumage. Spent several hours at Shiawassee National wildlife refuge, took lots of photos with mostly mediocre (or worse) results. Local nature center yesterday, took half as many photos with better results. Makes me wonder what causes that….?
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were the two trips about the same time of day? Or maybe it’s just the different places the shade and sunlight fall. The duck looks very nice in that bed of duckweed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it this thick before.
