I captured this image while on a bike ride last weekend. I think it is my first Wood Duck capture! The light wasn't that great this day and was overhead and harsh so created a shadow on it's face but I am pretty sure, by comparing the markings, that the one on the right is a Wood Duck. Not sure what the one on the left is but it doesn't seem to match what a female looks like.
Definitely a male wood duck. The other might be a female bufflehead. Definitely not a female woodie https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bufflehead/id
ReplyDeleteVery cool, thanks for the ID Jim. Wish it had been a better photo.
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