Finally Got Em! well, sorta...

back in the duckweed pond over at the Closter Nature Center, there's always a group of birds that sees me coming a mile away and they'd fly away...

anywhoo, it seems they're a very pretty kind of ducks...

struggled a bit with the 400 5.6 as i'm still learning to use this lens but i finally got 2 ok pics of em...

i hear they're wood ducks?

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Look like juvenile drake wood ducks to me

thank you for the ID... they sure are pretty... wish they came out in the open big pond more...

Ha ha! Cool shot with all three of them looking and the camera and lined up like that!

Oh man... definitely wood ducks and they are SOOOOOOO skittish. Good for you for getting the shot!

Thanks! among the prettiest i've seen to date... i think i'm going to have to camp out there and hide for a while before i get any better shots of em...

Cool pics. Quite funny too!

Nice photograph.

Nice find and captures... the young "woodies" have some interesting colors.

db

Hang in that area, the juvenile males will stay together for a good while, and they do like to stay in one or two key areas quite often as they bunch up. You,ll catch them out feeling nice one day and they will really pose for you when they are in full color!!! The colors will change very quickly in the next few weeks.

ducklabdad wrote in post #10951125
Hang in that area, the juvenile males will stay together for a good while, and they do like to stay in one or two key areas quite often as they bunch up. You,ll catch them out feeling nice one day and they will really pose for you when they are in full color!!! The colors will change very quickly in the next few weeks.

oooh... thanks... i think i'll use my camo fabric that i purchased from Korea to make a big oversized poncho/hide and camp out one of these days...

i'm really hoping to see them in full color!
WOW! just googled for some images of them... i really hope i can get em in color... do they migrate?

i'm going to be traveling for 2 weeks... hope they're still around when i come back...