Some duck pictures....

[Ornithologist]

What are you looking at?



Stretching....



Overhead



Another mallardxfarm duck. All mallard except his 3 outermost primaries. For so many farmxmallard ducks I'm photographing in these flocks they sure are "wild". I'm having a hard time getting closer than 30 yards.



And here is the dickie birder in me.... a song sparrow to end it...



If you want to see any larger just click on the picture then click on the larger of the two file sizes on that webpage.

[scrumpy]

Wow it looks pretty cold there. Are the ducks fed in cold weather? Nice pics, thanks for showing.

[Ornithologist]

Originally Posted by scrumpy

Wow it looks pretty cold there. Are the ducks fed in cold weather? Nice pics, thanks for showing.

Nope. Even though some of these ducks show some peking or other domestic breed traits they are as wild as they come. These birds get out of there if you get closer than 30 yards or so. Today I had good results hunkering down in full camo in some brush along a bend that they like to sit and was lucky enough to have them come back.

About feeding them, it is actually best not to feed wild animals. It is never good when animals become dependent on humans and feeding areas are usually a vector for disease.

Thanks for the comments!