Wood Ducks: Love Is In The Air

Posted by Woody Mayhew on Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:13 pm

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Get a room! These two lovebirds are getting a head start on the breeding season this afternoon. Looks like there will be a good crop of little woodsters on my creek next spring. They were too close to get both birds full frame.
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by mrhughj on Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:47 pm

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Love the eyes in this image, Woody!!!! Very well done.

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by Christopher Dodds on Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:38 pm

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Think that Hugh is on to something here as I like the eyes too.
Nice.

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by Dominic Gendron on Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:58 pm

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Too close! Thats a great problem. Very nice shot of those youngster!

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by KK Hui on Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:29 pm

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Good exposure and interaction, Woody!

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by AForns on Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:45 pm

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Excellent Woody !!!!

Great expressions !!!!

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:59 pm

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Very cool interaction behavior. Well done on the flash.

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by LHays on Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:18 am

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What a wonderful behaviorial image. You could try cropping this one with just the heads......might be even more powerful if you're concerned about not having all the ducks in the image.

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by Kim Steininger on Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:45 am

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I agree with Lana that this would be stronger if you cropped in and got rid of most of their bodies. Nice shot Woody!

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:28 pm

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Nice one. I also see this as a vertical with just the heads.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:05 pm

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Cute!

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by ebkw on Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:50 pm

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Hey, that's not fair! You just finished posting duckling shots and your'e into next season already. Nice one, Woody.

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by Woody Mayhew on Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:03 pm

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Thanks for looking. I tried a crop to vertical before I posted this one and it is very nice. I have about seven or eight wood ducks in and out of my creek every day. These two seem to have paired up already. He is still fully in eclipse plumage and she is just beginning to grow her wing feathers back in, but I already have one drake that has just begun to transition back into breeding plumage. Fall will be here before we know it.

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